What Does Joshua 6:26 Mean?

“adjured”

to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

“And Joshua”

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

“them at that time”

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“saying”

to say (used with great latitude)

“Cursed”

to execrate

“be the 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)

“before”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“that riseth up”

to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)

“and buildeth”

to build (literally and figuratively)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“this city”

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

this (often used adverb)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“Jericho”

jericho or jerecho, a place in palestine

“thereof in his firstborn”

first-born; hence, chief

“he shall lay the foundation”

to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e., settle, consult

“and in his youngest”

little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble

“son shall he set up”

to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)

“the gates”

something swinging, i.e., the valve of a door