Joshua 8:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of the city.”

Joshua 8:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 8:1214 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּקַּ֕חwayiqaḥ

acceptconjH3947

bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···

כַּ/חֲמֵ֥שֶׁתkaḥămēšet

fifpronH2568

fifth · five

אֲלָפִ֖יםʾălāpiym

thousandadjH505

אִ֑ישׁʾiyš

mannounH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂםwayāśem

appointconjH7760

any wise · bring · call · care ···

אוֹתָ֜/םʾwōtām

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

אֹרֵ֗בʾōrēb

ambushverbH693

lay wait

בֵּ֧יןbēyn

amongpronH996

asunder · at · between · from ···

בֵּֽיתbēyt

Beth-elnounH1008

אֵ֛לʾēl

Beth-elnounH1008

וּ/בֵ֥יןwbēyn

amongconjH996

asunder · at · between · from ···

הָ/עַ֖יhāʿay

AiparticleH5857

Aija · Aijath · Hai

מִ/יָּ֥םmiyām

sea ( -faring manpronH3220

) · south · west (-ern · side ···

לָ/עִֽירlāʿiyr

AipronH5892

city · court · town

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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