Joshua 10:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof: he utterly destroyed them and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining; and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done unto the king of Jericho.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאֶת־מַקֵּדָה֩ לָכַ֨ד יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא וַיַּכֶּ֣הָ לְפִי־חֶרֶב֮ וְאֶת־מַלְכָּהּ֒ הֶחֱרִ֣ם אוֹתָ֗ם וְאֶת־כָּל־הַנֶּ֙פֶשׁ֙ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֔הּ לֹ֥א הִשְׁאִ֖יר שָׂרִ֑יד וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ מַקֵּדָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה לְמֶ֥לֶךְ יְרִיחֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And ʾet-maqqēdâ lākad yəhôšuʿa in-the-yôm the-hahûʾ and wayyakkehā to-pî-ḥereb and ʾet-malkāh heḥĕrîm ʾôtām and ʾet-all-the-neppeš which-in-her not hišʾîr śārîd and wayyaʿaś to-melek maqqēdâ as-which ʿāśâ to-melek yərîḥô

Grammar Details

• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *maqqēdâ*: proper noun - Makkedah
• *lākad*: qal perfect 3ms - captured/seized
• *yəhôšuʿa*: proper noun - Joshua
• *yôm*: noun common masculine singular - day
• *hahûʾ*: definite article + pronoun 3ms - that/the same
• *wayyakkehā*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3ms + 3fs suffix - and he struck it
• *pî*: noun masculine singular construct - mouth/edge of
• *ḥereb*: noun common feminine singular - sword
• *malkāh*: noun masculine singular + 3fs suffix - her king
• *heḥĕrîm*: hiphil perfect 3ms - he utterly destroyed/devoted to destruction
• *ʾôtām*: direct object marker + 3mp suffix - them
• *neppeš*: noun common feminine singular - soul/life/person
• *hišʾîr*: hiphil perfect 3ms - left remaining
• *śārîd*: noun masculine singular - survivor/remnant
• *wayyaʿaś*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3ms - and he did/made
• *melek*: noun masculine singular construct - king of
• *ʿāśâ*: qal perfect 3ms - he did/made
• *yərîḥô*: proper noun - Jericho

Word Meanings

• *lākad*: captured/seized/took
• *wayyakkehā*: and he struck/smote it
• *pî*: mouth/edge/opening of
• *ḥereb*: sword/knife
• *heḥĕrîm*: devoted to destruction/utterly destroyed/put under the ban
• *neppeš*: soul/life/person/being
• *hišʾîr*: left/left remaining/spared
• *śārîd*: survivor/remnant/fugitive
• *wayyaʿaś*: and he did/made/acted

Referenced Verses

• Josh 6:21 : 21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
• Josh 8:2 : 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: set thee an ambush for the city behind it.
• Josh 10:30 : 30 and Jehovah delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining in it; and he did unto the king thereof as he had done unto the king of Jericho.
• Josh 10:32 : 32 and Jehovah delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel; and he took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah.
• Josh 10:35 : 35 and they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword; and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish.
• Josh 10:37 : 37 and they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but he utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were therein.
• Josh 10:39 : 39 and he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king thereof.
• Josh 15:41 : 41 and Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages.
• Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.
• Ps 110:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
• Luke 19:27 : 27 But these mine enemies, that would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
• 1 Cor 15:25 : 25 For he must reign, till he {G302} hath put all his enemies under his feet.
• Deut 7:2 : 2 and when Jehovah thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them;
• Deut 7:16 : 16 And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
• Deut 20:16-17 : 16 But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth; 17 but thou shalt utterly destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee;