Hebrew Interlinear
Joshua 8:12 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Joshua 8:12, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“And he took about five thousand men and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai on the west side ”
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) |
Geographic Context
Verse Context
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