Study it in the app“And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the time of evening; and at the going down of the sun Joshua gave command, and they took down his corpse from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised over it a great heap of stones, which is there to this day.”
And the kingוְאֶת מֶלֶךְof Aiהָעַיhe hangedתָּלָהonעַלa treeהָעֵץuntilעַדthe timeעֵתof evening;הָעָרֶבand at the going downוּכְבוֹאof the sunהַשֶּׁמֶשׁJoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַgave command,צִוָּהand they took downוַיֹּרִידוּhis corpseאֶת נִבְלָתוֹfromמִןthe treeהָעֵץand threw itוַיַּשְׁלִיכוּ אוֹתָהּatאֶלthe entranceפֶּתַחof the gateשַׁעַרof the city,הָעִירand raisedוַיָּקִימוּover itעָלָיוa greatגָּדוֹלheapגַּלof stones,אֲבָנִיםwhich is there toעַדthisהַזֶּהday.הַיּוֹם
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsAi
See it on the mapWhere else “ay” appearshang
Hang; often, hang the body of an executed man in view of all.
Where else “tala” appearstree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “ets” appearstime
The moment at which something happens; also "at that time".
Where else “et” appearsevening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “arev” appearsset
For the sun to set.
Where else “vo” appearssun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” 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” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appearsbring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “yoridu” appearscarcass, dead body
A carcass, the dead body of a person or of an animal (often in the singular for many). Once, figuratively, of idols.
Where else “nivlat” appearsthrow
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlichu” appearsentrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “petach” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakimu” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearsheap
Stones piled up, or ruins.
Where else “gal” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsIt follows the rule of Deuteronomy 21:22-23: the one who was hanged was not to remain overnight on the tree.
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).
28So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap of ruins forever, a desolation, to this day.
29 · This verse (above)
30Then Joshua built an altar to YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, on Mount Ebal,
