The Meaning of Joshua 10:31 Explained

Joshua 10:31

KJV: And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

YLT: And Joshua passeth over, and all Israel with him, from Libnah to Lachish, and encampeth against it, and fighteth against it;

Darby: And Joshua passed, and all Israel with him, from Libnah to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.

ASV: And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Joshua  passed  from Libnah,  and all Israel  with him, unto Lachish,  and encamped  against it, and fought  against it: 

What does Joshua 10:31 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Joshua 10

1  Five kings war against Gibeon
6  Joshua rescues it
10  God fights against them with hailstones
12  The sun and moon stand still at the word of Joshua
16  The five kings are murdered in a cave
22  They are brought forth
24  scornfully used
26  and hanged
28  Seven kings more are conquered
43  Joshua returns to Gilgal

What do the individual words in Joshua 10:31 mean?

And passed Joshua and all Israel with him from Libnah to Lachish and they encamped against it and fought against it
וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַ וְכָל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל עִמּ֛וֹ מִלִּבְנָ֖ה לָכִ֑ישָׁה וַיִּ֣חַן עָלֶ֔יהָ וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם בָּֽהּ

וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר  And  passed 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַ  Joshua 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יְהֹושֻׁעַ  
Sense: son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan.
וְכָל־  and  all 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
עִמּ֛וֹ  with  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: עִם  
Sense: with.
מִלִּבְנָ֖ה  from  Libnah 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: לִבְנָה  
Sense: a royal city of the Canaanites in the southwest captured by Joshua; allocated to Judah and made a Levitical city; site unknown.
לָכִ֑ישָׁה  to  Lachish 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: לָכִישׁ  
Sense: a city lying south of Jerusalem on the borders of Simeon and which belonged to the Amorites until conquered by Joshua and allotted to Judah.
וַיִּ֣חַן  and  they  encamped 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָנָה  
Sense: to decline, incline, encamp, bend down, lay siege against.
עָלֶ֔יהָ  against  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם  and  fought 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: לָחַם 
Sense: to fight, do battle, make war.
בָּֽהּ  against  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular