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Joshua 5:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.


Joshua 5:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 5:312 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּעַשׂwayaʿaś
accomplishconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
ל֥/וֹlwō
pron
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַyəhwōšuʿa
JehoshuanounH3091
Jehoshuah · Joshua. Compare
חַֽרְב֣וֹתḥarəbwōt
axenounH2719
dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···
צֻרִ֑יםṣuriym
edgenounH6697
God · rock · sharp · stone ···
וַ/יָּ֨מָל֙wayāmāl
circumciseconjH4135
selves) · cut down · destroy · must needs
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בְּנֵ֣יbənēy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
גִּבְעַ֖תgibəʿat
hillnounH1389
little hill
הָ/עֲרָלֽוֹתhāʿărālwōt
foreskinparticleH6190
uncircumcised
Words 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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