Joshua 8:29
Old Testament • 24 words with Strong's data
"And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עַי
ʻAy
Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine
תָּלָה
tâlâh
to suspend (especially to gibbet)
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
עַד
ʻad
{as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)}
מָהַר
mâhar
properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptl...
שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
נְבֵלָה
nᵉbêlâh
a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
פֶּתַח
pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
קוּם
qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
ἐπί
epí
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of res...
גָּדוֹל
gâdôwl
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
גַּל
gal
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
Key Terms in This Verse
נְבֵלָה nᵉbêlâh
a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
Study H5038 →שָׁאַר shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
Study H7604 →גַּל gal
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
Study H1530 →פֶּתַח pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
Study H6607 →קוּם qûwm
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Study H6965 →מָהַר mâhar
properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly
Study H4116 →ἐπί epí
properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative case) at, on, etc.; of directio...
Study G1909 →Cross References
And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.
And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent.
He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto t...
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
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