Joshua 7:8
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“O Lord, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies!”
מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel
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יִשְׂרָאֵל
Israel. To struggle with God and prevail. The name given to Jacob. God's chosen people. Those who wrestle honestly with God.
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עֹרֶף
a neck
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עֹרֶף
the nape or back of the neck (as declining); hence, the back generally (whether literal or figurative)
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הָפַךְ
it has turned
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הָפַךְ
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
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