Joshua 7:21

Old Testament • 23 words with Strong's data

"When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it."

Word-by-Word Analysis

When I

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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the

שָׁלָל

shâlâl

H7998

booty

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a

טוֹב

ṭôwb

H2896

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...

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שִׁנְעָר

Shinʻâr

H8152

Shinar, a plain in Babylonia

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בֶּגֶד

beged

H899

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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and

שְׁנַיִם

shᵉnayim

H8147

two; also (as ordinal) twofold

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מֵאָה

mêʼâh

H3967

a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction

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שֶׁקֶל

sheqel

H8255

probably a weight; used as a commercial standard

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of

כֶּסֶף

keçeph

H3701

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

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and a

לָשׁוֹן

lâshôwn

H3956

the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,...

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of

זָהָב

zâhâb

H2091

gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky

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of

חֲמִשִּׁים

chămishshîym

H2572

fifty

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שֶׁקֶל

sheqel

H8255

probably a weight; used as a commercial standard

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מִשְׁקָל

mishqâl

H4948

weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)

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then I

חָמַד

châmad

H2530

to delight in

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them and

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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them and

רָאָה

râʼâh

H7200

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

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they are

טָמַן

ṭâman

H2934

to hide (by covering over)

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in the

אֶרֶץ

ʼerets

H776

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

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in the

תָּוֶךְ

tâvek

H8432

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

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of my

אֹהֶל

ʼôhel

H168

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

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and the

כֶּסֶף

keçeph

H3701

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

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under it

Key Terms in This Verse

Babylonish H8152

שִׁנְעָר Shinʻâr

Shinar, a plain in Babylonia

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wedge H3956

לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn

the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)

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coveted H2530

חָמַד châmad

to delight in

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spoils H7998

שָׁלָל shâlâl

booty

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goodly H2896

טוֹב ṭôwb

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...

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weight H4948

מִשְׁקָל mishqâl

weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)

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garment H899

בֶּגֶד beged

a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage

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shekels H8255

שֶׁקֶל sheqel

probably a weight; used as a commercial standard

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shekels H8255

שֶׁקֶל sheqel

probably a weight; used as a commercial standard

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tent H168

אֹהֶל ʼôhel

a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)

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Cross References

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Luke 12:15 cross-reference

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2 Peter 2:15 cross-reference

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Hebrews 13:5 cross-reference

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Isaiah 28:15 cross-reference

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Colossians 3:5 cross-reference

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Exodus 20:17 cross-reference

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

Isaiah 29:15 cross-reference

Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

Job 31:1 cross-reference

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

Habakkuk 2:9 cross-reference

Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

Genesis 10:10 cross-reference

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Proverbs 4:23 cross-reference

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Ephesians 5:5 cross-reference

For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Luke 12:2 cross-reference

For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

Proverbs 23:31 cross-reference

Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

Ephesians 5:3 cross-reference

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

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