Joshua 6:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

So the people shouted, and [the priests] blew the trumpets; and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּ֣רַע הָעָ֔ם וַֽיִּתְקְע֖וּ בַּשֹּֽׁפָר֑וֹת וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ הָעָ֜ם אֶת־ק֣וֹל הַשּׁוֹפָ֗ר וַיָּרִ֤יעוּ הָעָם֙ תְּרוּעָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַתִּפֹּ֨ל הַֽחוֹמָ֜ה תַּחְתֶּ֗יהָ וַיַּ֨עַל הָעָ֤ם הָעִ֙ירָה֙ אִ֣ישׁ נֶגְדּ֔וֹ וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּ אֶת־הָעִֽיר׃

Transliteration

And wayyāraʿ hāʿām and wayyitqĕʿû with baššōpārôt and wayĕhî when kišmōaʿ hāʿām ʾet-qôl haššôpār and wayyārîʿû hāʿām tĕrûʿāh gĕdôlāh and wattippōl haḥômāh taḥtehā and wayyaʿal hāʿām into hāʿîrāh ʾîš negdô and wayyilkĕdû ʾet-hāʿîr.

Grammar Details

*wayyāraʿ*: verb, Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he/it shouted
*hāʿām*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the people
*wayyitqĕʿû*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they blew
*baššōpārôt*: preposition + noun, masculine plural with definite article - with the trumpets
*wayĕhî*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and it came to pass
*kišmōaʿ*: preposition + verb, Qal infinitive construct - when hearing
*qôl*: noun, masculine singular construct - sound/voice of
*haššôpār*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the trumpet
*wayyārîʿû*: verb, Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they shouted
*tĕrûʿāh*: noun, feminine singular - shout/blast
*gĕdôlāh*: adjective, feminine singular - great/loud
*wattippōl*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person feminine singular with waw consecutive - and it fell
*haḥômāh*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the wall
*taḥtehā*: preposition with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - underneath it
*wayyaʿal*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he/it went up
*hāʿîrāh*: noun, feminine singular with definite article and directional he - into the city
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man/each one
*negdô*: preposition with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - before/against him/straight ahead
*wayyilkĕdû*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - and they captured

Word Meanings

*wayyāraʿ*: and it shouted/they shouted/made noise
*wayyitqĕʿû*: and they blew/sounded/trumpeted
*kišmōaʿ*: when hearing/as they heard
*wayyārîʿû*: and they shouted/cried out/made a loud noise
*tĕrûʿāh gĕdôlāh*: great shout/loud war cry/mighty blast
*taḥtehā*: underneath it/in its place/flat
*wayyaʿal*: and they went up/climbed/advanced
*ʾîš negdô*: each man straight ahead/every person in his direction
*wayyilkĕdû*: and they captured/seized/took

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Heb 11:30 : 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been compassed about for seven days.
Josh 6:5 : 5 And it shall be, that, when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him.
2 Cor 10:4-5 : 4 (for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds), 5 casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

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