Original Language Studio
Joshua 6:9
“And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rereward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2502 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- arm (self), (go, ready) armed ([idiom] man, soldier), deliver, draw out, make fat, loose, (ready) prepared, put off, take away, withdraw self.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הֶ — particle (definite article)
- חָל֣וּץ — verb Qal, passive participle, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 44 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 14:40Leviticus 14:43Numbers 31:3Numbers 31:5Numbers 32:17
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 חָלַץ 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.