Joshua 6:15
Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.
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ASV
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
KJV
And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
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21 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְהִ֣י׀ | vay.Hi | and it was | H1961 → |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | bai.Yom | on the day | H3117 → |
| הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י | ha.she.vi.'I | <the> seventh | H7637 → |
| וַיַּשְׁכִּ֙מוּ֙ | vai.yash.Ki.mu | and they rose early | H7925 → |
| כַּעֲל֣וֹת | ka.'a.Lot | when came up | H5927 → |
| הַשַּׁ֔חַר | ha.Sha.char | the dawn | H7837 → |
| וַיָּסֹ֧בּוּ | vai.ya.So.bu | and they went around | H5437 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָעִ֛יר | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט | ka.mish.Pat | according to the custom | H4941 → |
| הַזֶּ֖ה | ha.Zeh | <the> this | H2088 → |
| שֶׁ֣בַע | She.va' | seven | H7651 → |
| פְּעָמִ֑ים | pe.'a.Mim | times | H6471 → |
| רַ֚ק | rak | only | H7535 → |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | bai.Yom | on the day | H3117 → |
| הַה֔וּא | ha.Hu' | <the> that | H1931 → |
| סָבְב֥וּ | sa.ve.Vu | they went round | H5437 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָעִ֖יר | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| שֶׁ֥בַע | She.va' | seven | H7651 → |
| פְּעָמִֽים׃ | pe.'a.Mim | times | H6471 → |
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