Joshua 4:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כְּאַרְבָּעִ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף חֲלוּצֵ֣י הַצָּבָ֑א עָבְר֞וּ לִפְנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה אֶ֖ל עַֽרְב֥וֹת יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ ס

Transliteration

About forty kə-ʾarbāʿîm thousand ʾelep equipped of ḥălûṣê the ha-ṣṣābāʾ passed over ʿābrû before li-pnê YHWH for the la-mmilḥāmāh unto ʾel plains of ʿarbôt yᵊrîḥô

Grammar Details

*kə-ʾarbāʿîm*: preposition + cardinal number - about forty
*ʾelep*: masculine singular noun - thousand
*ḥălûṣê*: masculine plural construct passive participle - equipped of/armed of
*ha-ṣṣābāʾ*: definite article + masculine singular noun - the army/host
*ʿābrû*: perfect 3rd common plural - passed over
*li-pnê*: preposition + plural construct - before/in front of
*YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
*la-mmilḥāmāh*: preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - for the battle/war
*ʾel*: preposition - unto
*ʿarbôt*: feminine plural construct - plains of
*yᵊrîḥô*: proper noun - Jericho

Word Meanings

*ḥālûṣ*: equipped/armed/prepared
*ṣābāʾ*: army/host/warfare
*ʿābar*: pass over/cross over/traverse
*pānîm*: face/presence/before
*milḥāmāh*: battle/war/fighting
*ʿarbôt*: plains/desert plains/steppes

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Referenced Verses

2 Kgs 25:5 : 5 And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him.
Jer 39:5 : 5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.
Jer 52:8 : 8 But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.
Eph 6:11 : 11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Josh 5:10 : 10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

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