Joshua 8:27
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מִקְנֶה
miqneh
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
Key Terms in This Verse
מִקְנֶה miqneh
something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition
Study H4735 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →עִיר ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
Study H5892 →Cross References
And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city ...
Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead,
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
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