Joshua 5:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.”

Joshua 5:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 5:216 words

HebrewMeaning

בָּ/עֵ֣תbāʿēt

wayspronH6256

after · certain · continually · evening ···

הַ/הִ֗יאhahiyʾ

heparticleH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

אָמַ֤רʾāmar

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

יְהוָה֙yəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַyəhwōšuʿa

JehoshuanounH3091

Jehoshuah · Joshua. Compare

עֲשֵׂ֥הʿăśēh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

לְ/ךָ֖ləkā

pron

חַֽרְב֣וֹתḥarəbwōt

axenounH2719

dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···

צֻרִ֑יםṣuriym

edgenounH6697

God · rock · sharp · stone ···

וְ/שׁ֛וּבwəšwb

((breakconjH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

מֹ֥לmōl

circumciseverbH4135

selves) · cut down · destroy · must needs

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

בְּנֵֽיbənēy

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

שֵׁנִֽיתšēniyt

againadjH8145

either · other · second

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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