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Joshua 8:21

“And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יְהוֹשׁוּעַYᵉhôwshûwaʻ · yeh-ho-shoo'-ah
H3091 · Hebrew

Definition: Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
Derivation: or יְהוֹשֻׁעַ; from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H3467 (יָשַׁע); Jehovah-saved;
KJV renderings: Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare H1954 (הוֹשֵׁעַ), H3442 (יֵשׁוּעַ).
Grammar: וִ — conjunction
יהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ — proper noun
Code HC/Np
Usage: Occurs 218 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 17:9 Exodus 17:10 Exodus 17:13 Exodus 17:14 Exodus 24:13

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 יְהוֹשׁוּעַ here.

Verse 20 Verse 22

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.