Original Language Studio
Joshua 6:20
“So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.” (KJV)
Tap a word · read right to left
Lexical meaning
H7321 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to mar (especially by breaking); figuratively, to split the ears (with sound), i.e. shout (for alarm or joy)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- blow an alarm, cry (alarm, aloud, out), destroy, make a joyful noise, smart, shout (for joy), sound an alarm, triumph.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יָּ֣רַע — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 44 times in the Hebrew Bible.Numbers 10:7Numbers 10:9Joshua 6:5Joshua 6:10Joshua 6:10
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 רוּעַ 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.