Hebrew Interlinear
Joshua 8:14 Interlinear
“ saw And it came to pass when the king of Ai it that they hasted and rose up early went out and the men of the city against Israel to battle he and all his people at a time appointed before the plain but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind of the city”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיְהִ֞י | H1961 | to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) | |
| 2 | כִּרְא֣וֹת | H7200 | saw | to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) |
| 3 | מֶֽלֶךְ | H4428 | And it came to pass when the king | a king |
| 4 | הָעַ֗י | H5857 | of Ai | ai, aja or ajath, a place in palestine |
| 5 | וַֽיְמַהֲר֡וּ | H4116 | it that they hasted | properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e., (by implication) |
| 6 | וַיַּשְׁכִּ֡ימוּ | H7925 | and rose up early | literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e., to start early in the morning |
| 7 | וַיֵּֽצְא֣וּ | H3318 | went out | to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim |
| 8 | אַנְשֵֽׁי | H582 | and the men | properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively) |
| 9 | הָעִֽיר׃ | H5892 | of the city | a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
| 10 | לִקְרַֽאת | H7125 | against | an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite) |
| 11 | יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל | H3478 | Israel | he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity |
| 12 | לַֽמִּלְחָמָ֞ה | H4421 | to battle | a battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare) |
| 13 | ה֧וּא | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo | |
| 14 | וְכָל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 15 | עַמּ֛וֹ | H5971 | he and all his people | a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock |
| 16 | לַמּוֹעֵ֖ד | H4150 | at a time appointed | properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for |
| 17 | לִפְנֵ֣י | H6440 | before | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 18 | הָֽעֲרָבָ֑ה | H6160 | the plain | a desert; especially (with the article prefix) the (generally) sterile valley of the jordan and its continuation to the red sea |
| 19 | וְהוּא֙ | H1931 | he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo | |
| 20 | לֹ֣א | H3808 | not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles | |
| 21 | יָדַ֔ע | H3045 | but he wist | to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o |
| 22 | כִּֽי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 23 | אֹרֵ֥ב | H693 | not that there were liers in ambush | to lurk |
| 24 | ל֖וֹ | H0 | ||
| 25 | מֵאַֽחֲרֵ֥י | H310 | against him behind | properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) |
| 26 | הָעִֽיר׃ | H5892 | of the city | a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
Verse Context
Joshua 8:13And when they had set the people even all the host ...
Joshua 8:14 (current) saw And it came to pass when the king of Ai it that they hasted and rose up early went out and the men of the city against Israel to battle he and all his people at a time appointed before the plain but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind of the city
Joshua 8:15made as if they were beaten And Joshua and all Israel before them and fled...