King James Version
Joshua 8:25 in the King James Version says “And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.” — study this verse from Joshua chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.”
Joshua 8:25 · KJV
And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.
And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And so it was that all that fell”
H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
“that day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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
“both of men”
H376a 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)
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“thousand”
H505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“both of men”
H376a 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)
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