They will come outוְיָצְאוּafter usאַחֲרֵינוּuntilעַדwe have drawn them awayהַתִּיקֵנוּ אוֹתָםfromמִןthe city,הָעִירforכִּיthey will say,יֹאמְרוּ‘They are fleeingנָסִיםbefore usלְפָנֵינוּasכַּאֲשֶׁרat the first.’בָּרִאשֹׁנָהSo we will fleeוְנַסְנוּbefore them.לִפְנֵיהֶם
Joshua 8:6
Study it in the app“They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘They are fleeing before us as at the first.’ So we will flee before them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 8:6, word by word
- They will come outיָצְאוּyatsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsu” appears- we have drawn them awayהַתִּיקֵhatike
tear off, break
Tear off, break by pulling.
Where else “hatike” appears- the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- they will sayיֹאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- ‘They are fleeingנָסִיםnasim
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nasim” appears- before usפָנֵיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- at the first.’רִאשֹׁנָהrishona
first
What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.
Where else “rishona” appears
The context
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.
6 · This verse (above)
7Then you shall rise up from the ambush and take possession of the city, and YHWH your Elohim will give it into your hand.