“In his days” | בְּיָמָ֞יו | A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) | days |
“did Hiel” | חִיאֵ֛ל | Chiel, an Israelite | did Hiel |
“the Beth-elite” | הָֽאֱלִ֖י | A Beth-elite, or inhabitant of Bethel | Bethelite |
“build” | בָּנָ֥ה | To build (literally and figuratively) | build |
“Jericho:” | יְרִיחֹ֑ה | Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine | Jericho |
“he laid the foundation” | יִסְּדָ֗הּ | To set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e., settle, consult | laid foundation |
“thereof in Abiram” | בַּֽאֲבִירָ֨ם | Abiram, the name of two Israelites | thereof Abiram |
“his firstborn,” | בְּכֹר֜וֹ | First-born; hence, chief | firstborn |
“and set up” | הִצִּ֣יב | To station, in various applications (literally or figuratively) | set up |
“the gates” | דְּלָתֶ֔יהָ | Something swinging, i.e., the valve of a door | gates |
“thereof in his youngest” | צְעִירוֹ֙ | Little; (in number) few; (in age) young, (in value) ignoble | thereof youngest |
“son” | | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | |
“Segub,” | וּבִשְׂג֤יּב | Segub, the name of two Israelites | Segub |
“according to the word” | כִּדְבַ֣ר | A word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause | according word |
“of the Lord,” | יְהוָ֔ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
“which” | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | which |
“he spake” | דִּבֶּ֔ר | Perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue | spake |
“by” | בְּיַ֖ד | 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 variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] | by |
“Joshua” | יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ | Jehoshua (i.e., Joshua), the Jewish leader | Joshua |
“the son” | בִּן | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.) | son |
“of Nun.” | נֽוּן׃ | Nun or Non, the father of Joshua | Nun |