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Joshua 8:12

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

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וַיִּקַּ֕חvayiqachand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and take”, the next action in the storyH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.כַּחֲמֵ֥שֶׁתkachameshetas fiveחָמֵשׁpreposition, adjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, construct — “as five”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2568fivefif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).אֲלָפִ֖יםalafimthousandאֶלֶףadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “thousand”, the ordinary formH505hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousandthousand.אִ֑ישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…וַיָּ֨שֶׂםvayasemand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and put”, the next action in the storyH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…אוֹתָ֜םotamobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אֹרֵ֗בorevambushאָרַבverb, qal, participle, absolute — “ambush”, a verb used as a describing wordH693to lurk(lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.בֵּ֧יןbeynbetweenבֵּיןpreposition — “between”H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...oramong, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.בֵּֽיתbeytBeth-elבֵּית־אֵלnoun, proper name — “Beth-el”H1008Beth-El, a place in PalestineBeth-el.אֵ֛לelBeth-elבֵּית־אֵלnoun, proper name — “Beth-el”H1008Beth-El, a place in PalestineBeth-el.וּבֵ֥יןuveynand betweenבֵּיןconjunction, preposition — “and between”H996between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...oramong, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.הָעַ֖יhaaythe Aiעַיdefinite article, noun, proper name — “the Ai”H5857Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in PalestineAi, Aija, Aijath, Hai.מִיָּ֥םmiyamfrom seaיָםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “from sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).לָעִֽירlairto cityעִירpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to city”, the ordinary formH5892a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;

World English Bible

He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

Darby Translation

Now he had taken about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city.

Douay-Rheims

And he had chosen five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Hai, on the west side of the same city:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the ambuscade was on the west side of the city.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ τὰ ἔνεδρα τῆς πόλεως ἀπὸ θαλάσσης·