Joshua 7:7
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!”
עָבַר
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
יָאַל
we had been willing
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יָאַל
properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
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יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Joshua
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יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
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יְהֹוִה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוִה
{YHWH}
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