The Meaning of Joshua 10:41 Explained

Joshua 10:41

KJV: And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.

YLT: And Joshua smiteth them from Kadesh-Barnea, even unto Gaza, and all the land of Goshen, even unto Gibeon;

Darby: And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even to Gazah, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon;

ASV: And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Joshua  smote  them from Kadeshbarnea  even unto Gaza,  and all the country  of Goshen,  even unto Gibeon. 

What does Joshua 10:41 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 10:41 mean?

And conquered them Joshua from Kadesh Barnea and as far as Gaza and all the country of Goshen and even as far as Gibeon
וַיַּכֵּ֧ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ מִקָּדֵ֥שׁ בַּרְנֵ֖עַ וְעַד־ עַזָּ֑ה וְאֵ֛ת כָּל־ אֶ֥רֶץ גֹּ֖שֶׁן וְעַד־ גִּבְעֽוֹן

וַיַּכֵּ֧ם  And  conquered  them 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ  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.
בַּרְנֵ֖עַ  Kadesh  Barnea 
Parse: Preposition, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: בַּרְנֵעַ 
Sense: a city in the extreme south of Judah.
וְעַד־  and  as  far  as 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
עַזָּ֑ה  Gaza 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עַזָּה  
Sense: another name for ‘Gaza’, a city of the Philistines located in the extreme southwest of Palestine close to the Mediterranean.
אֶ֥רֶץ  the  country 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
גֹּ֖שֶׁן  of  Goshen 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גֹּשֶׁן  
Sense: a region in northern Egypt, east of the lower Nile, where the children of Israel lived from the time of Joseph to the time of Moses.
וְעַד־  and  even  as  far  as 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
גִּבְעֽוֹן  Gibeon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: גִּבְעֹן  
Sense: a Levitical city of Benjamin, modern ‘el-Jib’, which lies 5 miles or 8 km from Jerusalem.