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So about threeכִּשְׁלֹשֶׁתthousandאֲלָפִיםmenאִישׁfromמִןthe peopleהָעָםwent upוַיַּעֲלוּthere,שָׁמָּהand they fledוַיָּנֻסוּbeforeלִפְנֵיthe menאַנְשֵׁיof Ai.הָעָי
Joshua 7:4
Study it in the app“So about three thousand men from the people went up there, and they fled before the men of Ai.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 7:4, word by word
- So about threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- thousandאֲלָפִיםalafim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- went upיַּעֲלוּyaalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appears- and they fledיָּנֻסוּyanusu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanusu” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- of Aiעָיay
Ai
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Places in this verse
Ai ?
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).
The context
3They 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.”
4 · This verse (above)
5The men of Ai struck about thirty-six men of them, and pursued them from before the gate as far as Shebarim, and struck them on the descent. And the heart of the people melted and became water.