Study it in the app“He commanded them, saying, “See, you shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city. Do not go very far from the city, and be all of you ready.”
He commanded them,וַיְצַו אֹתָםsaying,לֵאמֹר“See,רְאוּyouאַתֶּםshall lie in ambushאֹרְבִיםagainst the city,לָעִירbehindמֵאַחֲרֵיthe city.הָעִירDo notאַלgo very farתַּרְחִיקוּ מְאֹדfromמִןthe city,הָעִירand beוִהְיִיתֶםall of youכֻּלְּכֶםready.נְכֹנִים
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “yetsav” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reu” appearslie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “orvim” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsbe far
To be distant: "do not stay away from me".
Where else “tarchiku” appearsvery
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heyitem” appearsprepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “nechonim” appears3So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose thirty thousand men, mighty warriors, and sent them out by night.
4 · This verse (above)
5And I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they come out to meet us as at the first, we will flee before them.
