Joshua 10:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

And afterward Joshua struck them and killed them, and hanged them on five trees; and they were hanging on the trees until evening.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּכֵּ֨ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵן֙ וַיְמִיתֵ֔ם וַיִּתְלֵ֕ם עַ֖ל חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה עֵצִ֑ים וַיִּֽהְי֛וּ תְּלוּיִ֥ם עַל־הָעֵצִ֖ים עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

Transliteration

And wə-yakkēm Yəhôšuaʿ after this and wə-yəmîtēm and wə-yitlēm on five ʿēṣîm and wə-yihyû təlûyîm on the ʿēṣîm until the ʿāreb

Grammar Details

• *wə-yakkēm*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he struck them
• *Yəhôšuaʿ*: proper noun - Joshua
• *wə-yəmîtēm*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he killed them
• *wə-yitlēm*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - and he hanged them
• *ʿēṣîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the trees
• *wə-yihyû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they were
• *təlûyîm*: Qal passive participle, masculine plural - hanging
• *ʿāreb*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the evening

Word Meanings

• *wə-yakkēm*: struck them/hit them/attacked them
• *Yəhôšuaʿ*: Joshua
• *wə-yəmîtēm*: killed them/put them to death
• *wə-yitlēm*: hanged them/suspended them
• *ʿēṣîm*: trees/poles/wood
• *wə-yihyû*: they were/they remained
• *təlûyîm*: hanging/suspended
• *ʿāreb*: evening/sunset

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  After this, Joshua struck them down and put them to death. He hanged them on five trees, and they were left hanging on the trees until evening.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And afterward hua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Iosua smote them afterwarde, and put them to death, and hanged them vpon fyue trees. And they hanged styll vpon the trees vntyll the euenynge.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So then Ioshua smote them, and slewe them, and hanged them on fiue trees, and they hanged still vpon the trees vntill the euening.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And then Iosuah smote them, and slewe them, and hanged them on fiue trees: And they hanged still vpon the trees vntill the euening.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Afterward Joshua struck them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging on the trees until the evening.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and Joshua smiteth them afterwards, and putteth them to death, and hangeth them on five trees; and they are hanging on the trees till the evening.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Joshua had them put to death, hanging them on five trees, where they were till evening.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Afterward Joshua struck them, put them to death, and hanged them on five trees. They were hanging on the trees until the evening.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then Joshua executed them and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 8:29 : 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until evening; and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his corpse down from the tree and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones, that remains to this day.
• Judg 8:21 : 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.
• 1 Sam 15:33 : 33 And Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
• 2 Sam 21:6 : 6 Let seven of his descendants be delivered to us, and we will hang them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD chose. And the king said, I will give them.
• 2 Sam 21:9 : 9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the hill before the LORD; and they all seven fell together and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.
• Esth 2:23 : 23 And when investigation was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
• Esth 7:9-9 : 9 And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said before the king, Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him on it. 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's anger subsided.
• Matt 27:25 : 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us and on our children.
• Gal 3:13 : 13 Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us, for it is written: 'Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.'
• Num 25:4 : 4 And the LORD said to Moses, Take all the leaders of the people and hang them up before the LORD in the sunlight, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.
• Deut 21:22-23 : 22 And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree, 23 His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall surely bury him that day; (for he who is hanged is accursed of God;) that your land be not defiled, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance.