Joshua 10:33

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua defeated him and his people, leaving no survivors.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אָ֣ז עָלָ֗ה הֹרָם֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ גֶּ֔זֶר לַעְזֹ֖ר אֶת־לָכִ֑ישׁ וַיַּכֵּ֤הוּ יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ וְאֶת־עַמּ֔וֹ עַד־בִּלְתִּ֥י הִשְׁאִֽיר־ל֖וֹ שָׂרִֽיד׃

Transliteration

Then ʾāz ʿālâ hōrām melek gezer to-help ʾet-lākîš and wayyakkēhû yəhôšuʿa and ʾet-ʿammô until-not hišʾîr-to-him śārîd

Grammar Details

• *ʾāz*: adverb - then/at that time
• *ʿālâ*: qal perfect 3ms - went up/ascended
• *hōrām*: proper noun - Horam
• *melek*: noun masculine singular construct - king of
• *gezer*: proper noun - Gezer
• *lākîš*: proper noun - Lachish
• *wayyakkēhû*: waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect 3ms + 3ms suffix - and he struck him
• *yəhôšuʿa*: proper noun - Joshua
• *ʿammô*: noun masculine singular + 3ms suffix - his people
• *biltî*: preposition - without/not
• *hišʾîr*: hiphil infinitive construct - leaving remaining
• *śārîd*: noun masculine singular - survivor/remnant

Word Meanings

• *ʾāz*: then/at that time
• *ʿālâ*: went up/ascended/came up
• *wayyakkēhû*: and he struck/smote him
• *ʿammô*: his people/nation/folk
• *biltî*: without/not having/failure of
• *hišʾîr*: leaving/sparing/keeping
• *śārîd*: survivor/remnant/fugitive

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and hua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then Horam king of Gezer came to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he left none remaining.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  At the same tyme Horam ye kynge of Gazer wente vp, to helpe Lachis. But Iosua smote him with all his people, tyll there remayned not one.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Horam King of Gezer came vp to helpe Lachish: but Ioshua smote him and his people, vntill none of his remained.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Then Horam king of Geser came vp to helpe Lachis: And Iosuah smote him and his people, vntill none remayned of him.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Than hath Horam king of Gezer come up to help Lachish, and Joshua smiteth him and his people, till he hath not left to him a remnant.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Horam, king of Gezer, came up to the help of Lachish; and Joshua overcame him and his people, putting all of them to death.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then King Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua struck him down, as well as his army, until no survivors remained.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 16:10 : 10 However, they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites have lived in the midst of Ephraim to this day, but they became forced laborers.
• Judg 1:29 : 29 Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; the Canaanites continued to live among them in Gezer.
• Josh 16:3 : 3 It descended westward to the territory of the Japhletite, as far as the border of Lower Beth-horon, and on to Gezer, and it ended at the sea.
• Josh 12:12 : 12 the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;
• Josh 21:21 : 21 They were given Shechem (a city of refuge for one who had killed someone) with its pasture lands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer with its pasture lands,
• 1 Kgs 9:15-17 : 15 This is the account of the forced labor King Solomon conscripted to build the house of the LORD, his own palace, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. 16 Pharaoh king of Egypt had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it, killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and gave it as a wedding gift to his daughter, Solomon's wife. 17 Then Solomon rebuilt Gezer, Lower Beth-horon,
• 1 Chr 20:4 : 4 After this, war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines. Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Sippai, a descendant of the Rephaim, and they were subdued.