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Joshua 5:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.


Joshua 5:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 5:418 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/זֶ֥הwəzeh
heconjH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הַ/דָּבָ֖רhadābār
wordparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
מָ֣לmāl
circumciseverbH4135
selves) · cut down · destroy · must needs
יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַyəhwōšuʿa
JehoshuanounH3091
Jehoshuah · Joshua. Compare
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/עָ֣םhāʿām
peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
הַ/יֹּצֵא֩hayōṣēʾ
appearparticleH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
מִ/מִּצְרַ֨יִםmimiṣərayim
EgyptpronH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
הַ/זְּכָרִ֜יםhazəkāriym
maleparticleH2145
him · man(child · -kind)
כֹּ֣לkōl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אַנְשֵׁ֣יʾanəšēy
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הַ/מִּלְחָמָ֗הhamiləḥāmāh
battleparticleH4421
fight · war
מֵ֤תוּmētw
dead (bodyverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
בַ/מִּדְבָּר֙bamidəbār
desertpronH4057
south · speech · wilderness
בַּ/דֶּ֔רֶךְbaderekə
alongpronH1870
away · because of · by · conversation ···
בְּ/צֵאתָ֖/םbəṣēʾtām
appearpronH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
מִ/מִּצְרָֽיִםmimiṣərāyim
EgyptpronH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
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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