Joshua 10:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֨עַל יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ מִן־הַגִּלְגָּ֗ל ה֚וּא וְכָל־עַ֤ם הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ עִמּ֔וֹ וְכֹ֖ל גִּבּוֹרֵ֥י הֶחָֽיִל

Transliteration

And wayyaʿal yəhôšuaʿ from-haggiləgāl, he and all-people of hammilḥāmāh with-him, and all gibbôrê heḥāyil

Grammar Details

*wayyaʿal*: waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - and he went up
*yəhôšuaʿ*: proper noun - Joshua
*haggiləgāl*: proper noun with definite article - the Gilgal
*hammilḥāmāh*: noun with definite article - the war/battle
*gibbôrê*: adjective, masculine plural construct - mighty men of
*heḥāyil*: noun with definite article - the valor/strength

Word Meanings

*wayyaʿal*: and he went up/ascended/came up
*hammilḥāmāh*: the war/battle/fighting
*gibbôrê*: mighty men of/warriors of/valiant men of
*heḥāyil*: the valor/strength/force/army

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Josh 8:1 : 1 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land;
Isa 8:12 : 12 Say ye not, A conspiracy, concerning all whereof this people shall say, A conspiracy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be in dread [thereof].
Isa 8:14 : 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Josh 10:8-10
3 verses
81%
8And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thy hands; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
9Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly; [for] he went up from Gilgal all the night.
10And Jehovah discomfited them before Israel, and he slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah.
Josh 10:15
79%
15And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
Josh 10:4-6
3 verses
78%
4Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
5Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it.
6And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us.
Josh 10:41-43
3 verses
78%
41And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.
42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because Jehovah, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
43And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
Josh 10:36
77%
36And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:
Josh 8:3
74%
3So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.
Josh 11:7
74%
7So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them.
Josh 4:19-20
2 verses
74%
19And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho.
20And those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
Josh 8:10-11
2 verses
74%
10And Joshua arose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
11And all the people, [even] the [men of] war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and encamped on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between him and Ai.
Josh 10:24-25
2 verses
73%
24And it came to pass, when they brought forth those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the chiefs of the men of war that went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
25And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage: for thus shall Jehovah do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
Josh 8:1
72%
1And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land;
Josh 10:34
72%
34And Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, unto Eglon; and they encamped against it, and fought against it;
1 Sam 13:7
71%
7Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
Josh 6:2
71%
2And Jehovah said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thy hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor.
Josh 8:13
71%
13So they set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers-in-wait that were on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
Josh 5:10
71%
10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
Josh 11:18
71%
18Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
Josh 3:1
70%
1And Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.
Exod 17:10
70%
10So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
Josh 10:38
70%
38And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it:
Deut 31:7
70%
7And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of good courage: for thou shalt go with this people into the land which Jehovah hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
Josh 1:10
70%
10Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
Josh 6:7
70%
7And they said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of Jehovah.
Josh 10:2
70%
2that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty.
Josh 5:13
70%
13And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries?
Josh 9:2
70%
2that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
Josh 8:16
70%
16And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
Josh 7:4
70%
4So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
Judg 7:1
70%
1Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and encamped beside the spring of Harod: and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
Josh 7:10
69%
10And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face?
Josh 11:16
69%
16So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;
Exod 17:13
69%
13And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Josh 3:10
69%
10And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
Josh 10:12
69%
12Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
Josh 14:6
69%
6Then the children of Judah drew nigh unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that Jehovah spake unto Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh-barnea.
Josh 11:5
69%
5And all these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.