Study it in the app“When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that the smoke of the city was going up, they turned back and struck the men of Ai.”
When Joshuaוִיהוֹשֻׁעַand allוְכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלsawרָאוּthatכִּיthe ambushהָאֹרֵבhad takenלָכַדthe cityאֶת הָעִירand thatוְכִיthe smokeעֲשַׁןof the cityהָעִירwas going up,עָלָהthey turned backוַיָּשֻׁבוּand struckוַיַּכּוּthe menאֶת אַנְשֵׁיof Ai.הָעָי
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 “yhoshua” appearsIsrael
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” appearsrealize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “rau” appearslie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “orev” appearscapture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “lachad” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearssmoke
Smoke.
Where else “ashan” appearsrise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “ala” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appearsdefeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yaku” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearsAi
See it on the mapWhere else “ay” 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).
20The men of Ai turned back and looked, and look, the smoke of the city was going up to the heavens, and they had no strength to flee this way or that way; and the people who were fleeing to the wilderness turned back against the pursuer.
21 · This verse (above)
22And these came out from the city to meet them, so that they were in the middle of Israel, some on this side and some on that side; and they struck them until no survivor or fugitive was left to them.
