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Joshua 8:9

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And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, [that] ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.	Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.	And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Joshua^H3091 therefore sent them forth^H7971: and they went^H3212 to lie in ambush^H3993, and abode^H3427 between Bethel^H1008 and Ai^H5857, on the west side^H3220 of Ai^H5857: but Joshua^H3091 lodged^H3885 that night^H3915 among^H8432 the people^H5971.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁלָחֵם יְהֹושֻׁעַ וַיֵּלְכוּ אֶל־הַמַּאְרָב וַיֵּשְׁבוּ בֵּין בֵּית־אֵל וּבֵין הָעַי מִיָּם לָעָי וַיָּלֶן יְהֹושֻׁעַ בַּלַּיְלָה הַהוּא בְּתֹוךְ הָעָם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּשְׁלָחֵ֣/ם	va/i.yish.la.Che/m	H7971	HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp	and/ he sent out/ them
יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	H3091	HNp	Joshua
וַ/יֵּֽלְכוּ֙	va/i.ye.le.Khu	H3212	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they went
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
הַ/מַּאְרָ֔ב	ha./ma'.Rav	H3993	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ ambush
וַ/יֵּשְׁב֗וּ	va/i.ye.she.Vu	H3427	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they remained
בֵּ֧ין	bein	H996	HR	between
בֵּֽית	beit-	H1008	HNp	Beth-
אֵ֛ל	'el	H1008	HNp	-el
וּ/בֵ֥ין	u./Vein	H996	HC/R	and/ between
הָ/עַ֖י	ha./'Ai	H5857	HTd/Np	(the)/ Ai
מִ/יָּ֣ם	mi./Yam	H3220	HR/Ncmsa	from/ (the) west
לָ/עָ֑י	la./'Ai	H5857	HRd/Np	of (the)/ Ai
וַ/יָּ֧לֶן	va/i.Ya.len	H3885	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he stayed
יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ	ye.ho.Shu.a'	H3091	HNp	Joshua
בַּ/לַּ֥יְלָה	ba./Lay.lah	H3915	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ night
הַ/ה֖וּא	ha./Hu'	H1931	HTd/Pp3ms	(the)/ that
בְּ/ת֥וֹךְ	be./Tokh	H8432	HR/Ncmsc	in/ among
הָ/עָֽם	ha./'Am	H5971	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ people

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1008 — בֵּית־אֵל (Bêyth-ʼÊl, bayth-ale'): from בַּיִת and אֵל; house of God; Beth-El, a place in Palestine; Beth-el.
• H3091 — יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ, yeh-ho-shoo'-ah): or יְהוֹשֻׁעַ; from יְהֹוָה and יָשַׁע; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader; Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare הוֹשֵׁעַ, יֵשׁוּעַ.
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H3220 — יָם (yâm, yawm): from an unused root meaning to roar; 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 artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south; sea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H3885 — לוּן (lûwn, loon): or לִין; a primitive root; to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain); abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night).
• H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as לוּל; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
• H3993 — מַאֲרָב (maʼărâb, mah-ar-awb'): from אָרַב; an ambuscade; lie in ambush, ambushment, lurking place, lying in wait.
• H5857 — עַי (ʻAy, ah'ee): or (feminine) עַיָּא; (Nehemiah 11:31), or עַיָּת; (Isaiah 10:28), for עִי; Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine; Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).
• H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H996 — בֵּין (bêyn, bane): (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from בִּין; a distinction; but used only as a preposition,; between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or; among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• between — Genesis 12:8, Joshua 7:2, Joshua 8:12, Ezra 2:28, Nehemiah 7:32
• lodged — Genesis 32:21

Reciprocal references (2): Joshua 8:2, Nehemiah 11:31

Related Topics

• Nave’s: AMBUSH, ARMIES, STRATEGY

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