Joshua 22:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֲל֣וֹא ׀ עָכָ֣ן בֶּן־זֶ֗רַח מָ֤עַל מַ֙עַל֙ בַּחֵ֔רֶם וְעַֽל־כָּל־עֲדַ֥ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הָ֣יָה קָ֑צֶף וְהוּא֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד לֹ֥א גָוַ֖ע בַּעֲוֺנֽוֹ׃ פ

Transliteration

hă-lôʾ ʿākān ben-zeraḥ māʿal maʿal ba-ḥērem wə-ʿal-kāl-ʿădat yiśrāʾēl hāyāh qāṣep wə-hûʾ ʾîš ʾeḥād lōʾ gāwaʿ ba-ʿăwōnô

Grammar Details

*hă-lôʾ*: interrogative particle + negative particle - did not
*ʿākān*: proper noun - Achan
*ben-zeraḥ*: construct noun + proper noun - son of Zerah
*māʿal*: perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he committed treachery
*maʿal*: noun, masculine singular - treachery
*ba-ḥērem*: preposition + definite article + noun - in the devoted thing
*wə-ʿal*: waw-conjunctive + preposition - and upon
*kāl-ʿădat*: noun, construct + noun, feminine singular construct - all the congregation of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*hāyāh*: perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - there was
*qāṣep*: noun, masculine singular - wrath/anger
*wə-hûʾ*: waw-conjunctive + 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - and he
*ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
*ʾeḥād*: cardinal number - one
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*gāwaʿ*: perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he perished/died
*ba-ʿăwōnô*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - in his iniquity

Word Meanings

*māʿal maʿal*: committed treachery/trespassed a trespass/was unfaithful with unfaithfulness
*ḥērem*: devoted thing/banned object/thing under ban
*qāṣep*: wrath/anger/indignation
*gāwaʿ*: perished/died/expired
*ʿăwōnô*: his iniquity/his guilt/his punishment

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Referenced Verses

Josh 7:1 : 1 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
Josh 7:5 : 5 And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
Josh 7:18 : 18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
Josh 7:24 : 24 And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
1 Cor 10:6 : 6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
2 Pet 2:6 : 6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;
Jude 1:5-6 : 5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. 6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

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Josh 7:1
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1But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.
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18And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
19And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
20And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
21When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
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23And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD.
24And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor.
25And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
26And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
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15And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
Josh 7:11-13
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11Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff.
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16Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD?
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18But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel.
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