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Joshua 10:38

And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it:

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וַיָּ֧שָׁבvayashavand againשׁוּבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and again”, the next action in the storyH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַyehoshuaJehoshuaיְהוֹשׁוּעַnoun, proper name — “Jehoshua”H3091Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leaderJehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare H1954 (הוֹשֵׁעַ), H3442 (יֵשׁוּעַ).וְכָלvekhaland allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).יִשְׂרָאֵ֥לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.עִמּ֖וֹimvowithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).דְּבִ֑רָהdevirahDebirדְּבִירnoun, proper name, directional ending — “Debir”H1688Debir, the name of an Amoritish king and of two places in PalestineDebir.וַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvayilachemand devourלָחַםconjunction, verb, niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and devour”, the next action in the storyH3898to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)devour, eat, [idiom] ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).עָלֶֽיהָaleyhaaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And Joshua turned back, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it:

Young’s Literal Translation

And Joshua turneth back, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fighteth against it,

World English Bible

Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it.

Darby Translation

And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it.

Douay-Rheims

Returning from thence to Dabir,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And Joshua turned back, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And Joshua and all Israel returned to Dabir; and they encamped about it;

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν Ἰησοῦς καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ εἰς Δαβίρ· καὶ περικαθίσαντες αὐτὴν,