Study it in the app“So 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.”
So Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַsent them,וַיִּשְׁלָחֵםand they wentוַיֵּלְכוּtoאֶלthe place of ambushהַמַּאְרָבand stayedוַיֵּשְׁבוּbetweenבֵּיןBethelבֵּית אֵלandוּבֵיןAi,הָעַיto the westמִיָּםof Ai;לָעָיand Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַspentוַיָּלֶןthatהַהוּאnightבַּלַּיְלָהamongבְּתוֹךְthe people.הָעָם
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” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlache” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appearsambush
The place where the troops of an ambush hide.
Where else “marav” appearsstay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appearsBethel
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appearswest
Literally "the sea": the side where the sun sets.
Where else “yam” appearsspend the night
To stay in a place through the night, to sleep or to keep watch.
Where else “yalen” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears1Bethel ?
Today: possibly Beitin, West Bank
A city in the hills about 11 miles (17 km) north of Jerusalem; the location is approximate.
There Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven and named the place Bethel, "house of God" (Gen 28:19). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
2Ai ?
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).
8And it shall be, when you have captured the city, that you shall set the city on fire. According to the word of YHWH you shall do. See, I have commanded you.”
9 · This verse (above)
10Joshua rose early in the morning and counted the people, and he and the elders of Israel went up before the people to Ai.
