Study it in the app“They returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not let all the people go up; let about two thousand men or about three thousand men go up and strike Ai. Do not weary all the people there, for they are few.””
They returnedוַיָּשֻׁבוּtoאֶלJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַand saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,אֵלָיו“Do not letאַלallכָּלthe peopleהָעָםgo up;יַעַלlet about two thousandכְּאַלְפַּיִםmenאִישׁorאוֹabout threeכִּשְׁלֹשֶׁתthousandאֲלָפִיםmenאִישׁgo upיַעֲלוּand strikeוְיַכּוּAi.אֶת הָעָיDo notאַלwearyתְּיַגַּעallאֶת כָּלthe peopleהָעָםthere,שָׁמָּהforכִּיtheyהֵמָּהare few.”מְעַט
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appearsJoshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alpayim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appearsdefeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yaku” appearsgrow weary, toil
Grow weary, be tired from effort; also to toil, or to make another weary.
Where else “teyaga” appearsfew
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appearsAi ?
Today: possibly et-Tell or Khirbet el-Maqatir, West Bank
A city east of Bethel; its exact site is not certain.
Israel was defeated there because of Achan's sin (Josh 7:2-5), and later God gave them the victory (Josh 8:1).
2Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” The men went up and spied out Ai.
3 · This verse (above)
4So about three thousand men from the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.
