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Joshua 11:11-14

11And they smoteוַ֠יַּכּוּVai.ya.kuH5221all the soulsהַנֶּ֨פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315that weretherein with the edgeלְפִי־le.fi-H6310of the swordחֶ֙רֶב֙che.revH2719,utterly destroyingהַֽחֲרֵ֔םha.cha.RemH2763them:there was not any leftנוֹתַ֖רno.TarH3498to breatheנְשָׁמָ֑הne.sha.MahH5397:and he burntשָׂרַ֥ףsa.RafH8313Hazorחָצ֖וֹרcha.TzorH2674with fireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'EshH784.

12And all the citiesעָרֵ֣י'a.ReiH5892of those kingsהַמְּלָכִֽים־ha.me.la.khim-H4428,and all the kingsמַלְכֵיהֶ֞םmal.khei.HemH4428of them, did Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091takeלָכַ֧דla.KhadH3920,and smoteוַיַּכֵּ֥םvai.ya.KemH5221them with the edgeלְפִי־le.fi-H6310of the swordחֶ֖רֶבChe.revH2719, andhe utterly destroyedהֶחֱרִ֣יםhe.che.RimH2763them, as Mosesמֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehH4872the servantעֶ֥בֶד'E.vedH5650of Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068commandedצִוָּ֔הtzi.VahH6680.

13But as forthe citiesהֶעָרִ֗יםhe.'a.RimH5892that stoodהָעֹֽמְדוֹת֙ha.'o.me.dOtH5975still in their strengthתִּלָּ֔םti.LamH8510,Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478burnedשְׂרָפָ֖םse.ra.FamH8313none of them, saveזוּלָתִ֛יzu.la.TiH2108Hazorחָצ֥וֹרcha.TzorH2674only; thatdid Joshuaיְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ׃ye.ho.Shu.a'H3091burnשָׂרַ֥ףsa.RafH8313.

14And all the spoilשְׁלַ֞לshe.LalH7998of these citiesהֶעָרִ֤יםhe.'a.RimH5892,and the cattleוְהַבְּהֵמָ֔הve.ha.be.he.MahH929,the childrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478took for a preyבָּזְז֥וּba.ze.ZuH962unto themselves; but every manהָאָדָ֞םha.'a.DamH120they smoteהִכּ֣וּhi.KuH5221with the edgeלְפִי־le.fi-H6310of the swordחֶ֗רֶבChe.revH2719,until they had destroyedהִשְׁמִדָם֙hish.mi.DamH8045them, neither leftהִשְׁאִ֖ירוּhish.'I.ruH7604they any to breatheנְשָׁמָֽה׃ne.sha.MahH5397.

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