Joshua 7:2
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
יְרִיחוֹ
Yᵉrîychôw
Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine
עַי
ʻAy
Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine
בֵּית אָוֶן
Bêyth ʼÂven
Beth-Aven, a place in Palestine
קָדִים
qâdîym
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
בֵּית־אֵל
Bêyth-ʼÊl
Beth-El, a place in Palestine
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
שָׂבַר
sâbar
to scrutinize; by implication (of watching) to expect (with hope and patience)
עַי
ʻAy
Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine
Key Terms in This Verse
רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →שָׂבַר sâbar
to scrutinize; by implication (of watching) to expect (with hope and patience)
Study H7663 →קָדִים qâdîym
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
Study H6921 →Cross References
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And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came...
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the...
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages,
The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
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