Joshua 7:6

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְרַ֨ע יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ שִׂמְלֹתָ֗יו וַיִּפֹּל֩ עַל־פָּנָ֨יו אַ֜רְצָה לִפְנֵ֨י אֲר֤וֹן יְהוָה֙ עַד־הָעֶ֔רֶב ה֖וּא וְזִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיַּעֲל֥וּ עָפָ֖ר עַל־רֹאשָֽׁם׃

Transliteration

And wayyiqra Yehoshua simlotaw and wayyippol on-face-his 'artzah before 'aron YHWH until-the-evening, he and-elders-of Yisrael; and wayya'alu dust on-head-their.

Grammar Details

• *wayyiqra*: waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - tore
• *simlotaw*: noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his garments
• *wayyippol*: waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - fell
• *'artzah*: noun, feminine singular with directional he - to the ground
• *'aron*: noun, masculine singular construct - ark of
• *wayya'alu*: waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural, Hiphil - put up/placed

Word Meanings

• *wayyiqra*: tore/rent
• *'artzah*: to the ground/earthward
• *wayya'alu*: put up/placed/brought up

Referenced Verses

• Gen 37:29 : 29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
• Gen 37:34 : 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
• Num 14:6 : 6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
• 2 Sam 13:31 : 31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.
• Ezra 9:3-5 : 3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. 4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice. 5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
• Esth 4:1 : 1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
• Job 1:20 : 20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
• Job 2:12 : 12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
• Lam 2:10 : 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
• Acts 14:14 : 14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out,
• Rev 18:19 : 19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
• Num 16:22 : 22 And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
• Num 16:45 : 45 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
• Judg 20:23 : 23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
• Judg 20:26 : 26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
• Judg 21:2 : 2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;
• 1 Sam 4:12 : 12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
• 2 Sam 1:12 : 12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
• 2 Sam 12:16 : 16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.