Joshua 8:2

Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data

"And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And thou shalt do to

עַי

ʻAy

H5857

Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine

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and her

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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as thou didst unto

יְרִיחוֹ

Yᵉrîychôw

H3405

Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine

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and her

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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only the

שָׁלָל

shâlâl

H7998

booty

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חָלַל

châlal

H2490

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...

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and the

מִקְנֶה

miqneh

H4735

something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition

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חָלַל

châlal

H2490

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...

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shall ye

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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for a

בָּזַז

bâzaz

H962

to plunder

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unto

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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thee an

אָרַב

ʼârab

H693

to lurk

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for the

עִיר

ʻîyr

H5892

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

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אַחַר

ʼachar

H310

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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it

Key Terms in This Verse

ambush H693

אָרַב ʼârab

to lurk

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Ai H5857

עַי ʻAy

Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine

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Jericho H3405

יְרִיחוֹ Yᵉrîychôw

Jericho or Jerecho, a place in Palestine

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prey H962

בָּזַז bâzaz

to plunder

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behind H310

אַחַר ʼachar

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

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spoil H7998

שָׁלָל shâlâl

booty

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cattle H4735

מִקְנֶה miqneh

something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition

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yourselves H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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lay H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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city H5892

עִיר ʻîyr

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 20:14 cross-reference

But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD...

2 Chronicles 20:22 cross-reference

And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

Joshua 6:21 cross-reference

And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

Proverbs 13:22 cross-reference

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

Joshua 8:24 cross-reference

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, ...

Proverbs 28:20 cross-reference

A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

Deuteronomy 3:2 cross-reference

And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt ...

Joshua 10:28 cross-reference

And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the ...

Jeremiah 51:12 cross-reference

Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of ...

Joshua 8:7 cross-reference

Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

Joshua 8:14 cross-reference

And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the p...

Jeremiah 17:11 cross-reference

As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

Psalm 39:6 cross-reference

Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

Joshua 8:9 cross-reference

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.

Joshua 8:19 cross-reference

And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

Joshua 8:12 cross-reference

And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

Joshua 10:1 cross-reference

Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and h...

2 Chronicles 13:13 cross-reference

But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

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