H9001–/וַ–v

Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.

וַיָּ֤שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

It happened, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח (וַ) va “and”

They went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is on the sea-shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.

וַיֵּצְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

All these kings met together; and they came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel.

וַיִּוָּ֣עֲד֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחֲנ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: you shall hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell on them.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they struck them, until they left them none remaining.

וַיִּתְּנֵ֨ם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּוּם֒ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֞וּם (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּכֻּ֕ם (וַ) va “and”

Joshua did to them as Yahweh bade him: he hamstrung their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck the king of it with the sword: for Hazor before was the head of all those kingdoms.

וַיָּ֨שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְכֹּ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

They struck all the souls who were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was none left who breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire.

וַ֠יַּכּוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”

All the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded.

וַיַּכֵּ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”

from Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon under Mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and struck them, and put them to death.

וַיַּכֵּ֖ם (וַ) va “and”וַיְמִיתֵֽם׃ (וַ) va “and”

Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.

וַיָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכְרֵ֤ת (וַ) va “and”

So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. The land had rest from war.

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנָהּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel struck, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:

וַיִּֽרְשׁ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

Moses the servant of Yahweh and the children of Israel struck them: and Moses the servant of Yahweh gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

וַֽ֠יִּתְּנָהּ (וַֽ֠) Va “and”

These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;

וַיִּתְּנָ֨הּ (וַ) va “and”

Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years; and Yahweh said to him, You are old and well stricken in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); for these did Moses strike, and drove them out.

וַיַּכֵּ֥ם (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּרִשֵֽׁם׃ (וַ) va “and”

Nevertheless the children of Israel didn't drive out the Geshurites, nor the Maacathites: but Geshur and Maacath dwell in the midst of Israel to this day.

וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families.

וַיִּתֵּ֣ן (וַ) va “and”

Their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba;

וַיְהִ֨י (וַ) va “and”

The border of the children of Reuben was the Jordan, and the border [ergänzt: of it]. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and the villages of it.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”

Moses gave to the tribe of Gad, to the children of Gad, according to their families.

וַיִּתֵּ֤ן (וַ) va “and”