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25 maj 2014 · Then the Lord gives Joshua encouragement to not be afraid in the form of a promise. He promises to deliver the enemy slain before Israel. He commands Joshua to hock or hamstring their horses and burn their chariots. Hamstringing a horse would render that horse incapable of any sort of speed.
Houghing the horses is done by cutting the sinews and arteries of their hinder legs, so that they not only become hopelessly lame, but bleed to death.
When the children of Israel were battling against the people of Canaan, God commanded them to “hough [hock] their horses” and burn their chariots (Joshua 11:6). What was the purpose in this? It seems both cruel and wasteful.
29 kwi 2021 · In Joshua 11:6 God told Joshua that he would deliver the Canaanites into the hands of Israel, and that Joshua should “hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.” This raises two questions: 1) what exactly were the Israelites to do to the horses, and 2) what was the purpose of this command?
Verse Joshua 11:9. He houghed their horses — The Hebrew word עקר akar, which we render to hough or hamstring, signifies to wound, cut, or lop off.
It comes from the A. S. hoh, and means to cut the ham-strings or back sinews of cattle, so as to disable them and render them utterly unfit for use, since the sinew, once severed, can never be healed again, and as a rule the arteries are cut at the same time, so that the horses bleed to death.
24 lis 2023 · The Biblical Symbolism of Horses: A Summary. In sum, horses in the Bible hold several symbolic meanings, significantly shaped by their historical and cultural connotations. Throughout the Bible, horses are used to symbolize human strength and power, warfare and battle, and divine judgment.
