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Joshua 8:12 Interlinear

“And he took about five thousand men and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai on the west side ”

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Joshua 8 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיִּקַּ֕ח	H3947	And he took	to take (in the widest variety of applications)
2	כַּֽחֲמֵ֥שֶׁת	H2568	about five	five
3	אֲלָפִ֖ים	H505	thousand	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
4	אִ֑ישׁ	H376	men	a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
5	וַיָּ֨שֶׂם	H7760	and set	to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
6	אוֹתָ֜ם	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
7	אֹרֵ֗ב	H693	them to lie in ambush	to lurk
8	בֵּ֧ין	H996		between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
9	בֵּֽית	H0
10	אֵ֛ל	H1008	between Bethel	beth-el, a place in palestine
11	וּבֵ֥ין	H996		between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
12	הָעַ֖י	H5857	and Ai	ai, aja or ajath, a place in palestine
13	מִיָּ֥ם	H3220	on the west side	a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the mediterranean sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif
14	לָעִֽיר׃	H5892		a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

Joshua 8:12 (current)And he took about five thousand men and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai on the west side