Joshua 8:9
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
שָׁלַח
shâlach
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
יָצָא
yâtsâʼ
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
שָׁכַב
shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
בֵּין
bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
בֵּית־אֵל
Bêyth-ʼÊl
Beth-El, a place in Palestine
עַי
ʻAy
Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine
יָם
yâm
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 artif...
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
עַי
ʻAy
Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
לוּן
lûwn
to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
לַיִל
layil
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Key Terms in This Verse
לוּן lûwn
to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)
Study H3885 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →יָם yâm
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 sou...
Study H3220 →שָׁכַב shâkab
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
Study H7901 →Cross References
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.
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...
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.
The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company.
The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
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