Joshua 7:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And 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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּקִ֨ימוּ עָלָ֜יו גַּל־אֲבָנִ֣ים גָּד֗וֹל עַ֚ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה וַיָּ֥שָׁב יְהוָ֖ה מֵחֲר֣וֹן אַפּ֑וֹ עַל־כֵּ֠ן קָרָ֞א שֵׁ֣ם הַמָּק֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ עֵ֣מֶק עָכ֔וֹר עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

Transliteration

And wayyaqimu over-him heap-of-stones great until the-day the-this; and wayyashav YHWH from-ḥaron 'appo. Therefore qara name-of the-place the-that Valley-of 'Akhor until the-day the-this.

Grammar Details

• *wayyaqimu*: waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural, Hiphil - raised up/set up
• *wayyashav*: waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - turned away
• *ḥaron*: noun, masculine singular construct - burning of
• *'appo*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his anger
• *qara*: perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - called
• *'Akhor*: proper noun - Achor/trouble

Word Meanings

• *ḥaron 'appo*: burning of his anger/his fierce anger
• *'Akhor*: Achor/trouble/disturbance

Referenced Verses

• Deut 13:17 : 17 And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers;
• Isa 65:10 : 10 And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.
• Hos 2:15 : 15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
• Lam 3:53 : 53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
• 2 Sam 18:17 : 17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
• 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.
• Josh 8:29 : 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.
• Josh 10:27 : 27 And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day.
• 2 Sam 21:14 : 14 And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land.
• Isa 40:2 : 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
• Joel 2:13 : 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
• Joel 2:18 : 18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.
• Zech 6:8 : 8 Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.
• John 3:9-9 : 9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?