The Meaning of Joshua 10:42 Explained

Joshua 10:42

KJV: And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.

YLT: and all these kings and their land hath Joshua captured at one time, for Jehovah, God of Israel, is fighting for Israel.

Darby: and all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time; for Jehovah the God of Israel fought for Israel.

ASV: And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because Jehovah, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And all these kings  and their land  did Joshua  take  at one  time,  because the LORD  God  of Israel  fought  for Israel. 

What does Joshua 10:42 Mean?

Study Notes

at one time
Cf. Joshua 11:18 . As the context shows, the verse refer to different parts of Palestine and different kings.

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 10:42 mean?

And all kings these and their land took Joshua at time one because Yahweh God of Israel fought for Israel
וְאֵ֨ת כָּל־ הַמְּלָכִ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ וְאֶת־ אַרְצָ֔ם לָכַ֥ד יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ פַּ֣עַם אֶחָ֑ת כִּ֗י יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל נִלְחָ֖ם לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל

הַמְּלָכִ֤ים  kings 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מֶלֶךְ 
Sense: king.
הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙  these 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, common plural
Root: אֵהֶל 
Sense: these.
אַרְצָ֔ם  their  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
לָכַ֥ד  took 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: לָכַד  
Sense: to capture, take, seize.
יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ  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.
פַּ֣עַם  at  time 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: פַּעַם  
Sense: stroke, beat, foot, step, anvil, occurrence.
אֶחָ֑ת  one 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
כִּ֗י  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יְהוָה֙  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֵ֣י  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  of  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.
נִלְחָ֖ם  fought 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: לָחַם 
Sense: to fight, do battle, make war.
לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל  for  Israel 
Parse: Preposition-l, 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.