The Meaning of Judges 2:8 Explained

Judges 2:8

KJV: And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

YLT: And Joshua son of Nun, servant of Jehovah, dieth, a son of a hundred and ten years,

Darby: And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of one hundred and ten years.

ASV: And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Jehovah, died, being a hundred and ten years old.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Joshua  the son  of Nun,  the servant  of the LORD,  died,  [being] an hundred  and ten  years  old. 

What does Judges 2:8 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 2:6-15 - A Generation That Knew Not Jehovah
What a thrilling experience it must have been to hear Joshua and Caleb talk of Egypt, the Red Sea, and Sinai! The younger men would stand awestruck as the veterans narrated their experiences of God. Open your diaries of the past, ye older saints, and tell what the Lord hath done for you. It will hearten us for the fight, Malachi 3:16.
Joshua was carried to his last resting-place in his inheritance-"the portion of the sun"-amid the respect and affection of the entire people. Like Moses, he had deserved to be known as "the servant of the Lord." The elders, who had witnessed the conquest of Canaan, took up his testimony and told of Jericho and the valley of Ajalon. But these also were "gathered unto their fathers," which implies more than burial. They joined the great throng of holy ones who are gathering around our Lord, awaiting the hour when, as a radiant throng, they shall issue forth with Him to take up the kingdom of the world. What a gathering that will be! Whatever else we miss, let us see to it that we stand in our lot, "at the end of the days," Genesis 49:33; Genesis 50:14; Daniel 12:13. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 2

1  An angel rebukes the people at Bochim
6  The wickedness of the new generation after Joshua
14  God's anger and pity toward them
20  The Canaanites left to prove Israel

What do the individual words in Judges 2:8 mean?

And died [when he was] Joshua son of Nun the servant of Yahweh old A hundred and ten years
וַיָּ֛מָת יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ בִּן־ נ֖וּן עֶ֣בֶד יְהוָ֑ה בֶּן־ מֵאָ֥ה וָעֶ֖שֶׂר שָׁנִֽים

וַיָּ֛מָת  And  died  [when  he  was] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מוּת  
Sense: to die, kill, have one executed.
יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ  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.
בִּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
נ֖וּן  of  Nun 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: נוּן  
Sense: father of Joshua the successor of Moses.
עֶ֣בֶד  the  servant 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
יְהוָ֑ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
בֶּן־  old 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
מֵאָ֥ה  A  hundred 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: מֵאָה 
Sense: hundred.
וָעֶ֖שֶׂר  and  ten 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: עֶשֶׂר 
Sense: ten.
שָׁנִֽים  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.

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