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Joshua 6:1
“Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יְרִיחוֹYᵉrîychôw · yer-ee-kho'
H3405 · Hebrew
H3405 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine
- Derivation
- or יְרֵחוֹ; or variation (1 Kings 16:34) יְרִיחֹה; perhaps from H3394 (יָרֵחַ); its month; or else from H7306 (רוּחַ); fragrant;
- KJV renderings
- Jericho.
- Grammar
- וִֽ — conjunction
- ירִיחוֹ֙ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 57 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 22:1Numbers 26:3Numbers 26:63Numbers 31:12Numbers 33:48
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יְרִיחוֹ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.