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Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַrose earlyוַיַּשְׁכֵּםin the morningבַּבֹּקֶרand countedוַיִּפְקֹדthe people,אֶת הָעָםand heוַ הוּאand the eldersוְזִקְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwent upיַּעַלbeforeלִפְנֵיthe peopleהָעָםto Ai.הָעָי
Joshua 8:10
Study it in the app“Joshua rose early in the morning and counted the people, and he and the elders of Israel went up before the people to Ai.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 8:10, word by word
- Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua
Joshua
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” appears- rose earlyיַּשְׁכֵּםyashkem
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “yashkem” appears- in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- and countedיִּפְקֹדyifkod
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “yifkod” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and the eldersזִקְנֵיzikne
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zikne” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- went upיַּעַלyaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- to 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
9So Joshua sent them, and they went to the place of ambush and stayed between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai; and Joshua spent that night among the people.
10 · This verse (above)
11And all the people of war who were with him went up and drew near and came in front of the city and camped on the north of Ai, with the valley between him and Ai.