What Does Joshua 5:13 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“And it came to pass when Joshua”

jehoshua (i.e., joshua), the jewish leader

“was by Jericho”

jericho or jerecho, a place in palestine

“that he lifted up”

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

“his eyes”

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

“and looked”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

lo!

“a man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“and behold there stood”

to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

a front, i.e., part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before

“over against him with his sword”

drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement

“drawn”

to pull out, up or off

“in his hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

“And it came to pass when Joshua”

jehoshua (i.e., joshua), the jewish leader

near, with or among; often in general, to

“unto him and said”

to say (used with great latitude)

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

“unto him Art thou for us or for our adversaries”

a pebble (as in h6864)