“And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.”
Joshua 7:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Joshua 7:328 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּשֻׁ֣בוּwayāšubw
and they returnedconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַyəhwōšuʿa
JoshuanounH3091
Jehoshuah · Joshua. Compare
וַ/יֹּאמְר֣וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלָי/ו֮ʾēlāyw
to himpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
יַ֣עַלyaʿal
it go upverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/עָם֒hāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
כְּ/אַלְפַּ֣יִםkəʾaləpayim
about two thousandpronH505
אִ֗ישׁʾiyš
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
א֚וֹʾwō
orconjH176
and · either · if · at the least ···
כִּ/שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתkišəlōšet
about threepronH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
אֲלָפִ֣יםʾălāpiym
thousandadjH505
אִ֔ישׁʾiyš
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
יַעֲל֖וּyaʿălw
let them go upverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
וְ/יַכּ֣וּwəyakw
and they may attackconjH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הָ/עָ֑יhāʿāy
AiparticleH5857
Aija · Aijath · Hai
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תְּיַגַּעtəyagaʿ
you make go wearilyverbH3021
labour · weary
שָׁ֨מָּ/ה֙šāmāh
there towardsadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כָּלkāl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/עָ֔םhāʿām
the peopleparticleH5971
men · nation · people
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מְעַ֖טməʿaṭ
are fewnounH4592
very) few(-er · -est) · lightly · little ···
הֵֽמָּהhēmāh
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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