Question for Latin speakers

[D B Campbell]

I was reading the Vulgate, specifically Joshua 8:26 in which he stretched out his spear/shield(?) till the city of Ai had been destroyed.

I am not a biblical scholar, but you piqued my interest enough to go back and look at the original texts of Joshua.

It looks as if the answer to your query lies in the Hebrew (a language that I cannot read). The word apparently means "something to strike (with)".

I naturally turned to the Greek for clarification, but it isn't there! Your verse doesn't seem to appear in the Septuagint. Perhaps, if you are a theology student (?), your tutors may be able to explain why the verse was omitted.