H9002–/וְ–v

And Achan answered Joshua and said, Indeed I have sinned against Jehovah the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.

וְכָזֹ֥את (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָזֹ֖את (וְ) ve. “and”

I saw among the spoils a beautiful mantle of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a golden bar of fifty shekels weight, and I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

וּמָאתַ֧יִם (וּ) u. “and”וּלְשׁ֨וֹן (וּ) u. “and”וְהִנָּ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַכֶּ֥סֶף (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

וְהִנֵּ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַכֶּ֥סֶף (וְ) ve. “and”

And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before Jehovah.

וְאֶ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the bar of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up into the valley of Achor.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְֽאֶת־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְֽאֶת־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְֽאֶת־ (וְֽ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jehovah said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be dismayed. Take with thee all the people of war, and arise, go up to Ai. See, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְק֖וּם (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And thou shalt do to Ai and to its king as thou didst to Jericho and to its king; only, the spoil thereof and the cattle thereof shall ye take as prey for yourselves. Set an ambush against the city behind it.

וּלְמַלְכָּ֗הּ (וּ) u. “and”וּלְמַלְכָּ֔הּ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְהֶמְתָּ֖הּ (וּ) u. “and”

And Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai. And Joshua chose thirty thousand valiant men, and sent them away by night.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And I and all the people that are with me will approach to the city; and it shall come to pass when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them.

וַאֲנִ֗י (וַ) va. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And ye shall rise up from the ambush and take possession of the city; and Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.

וְאַתֶּ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joshua sent them forth; and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai. And Joshua lodged that night among the people.

וּבֵ֥ין (וּ) u. “and”

And Joshua rose early in the morning, and inspected the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

וְזִקְנֵ֧י (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the people of war that were with him went up, and drew near, and came before the city; and they encamped on the north of Ai; and the valley was between them and Ai.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגַּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵין־ (וּ) u. “and”

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

וּבֵ֥ין (וּ) u. “and”

And when they had set the people, the whole camp on the north of the city, and their ambush on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hasted and rose early, and went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at the appointed place before the plain. But he knew not that there was an ambush against him behind the city.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהוּא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joshua and all Israel let themselves be beaten before them; and they fled by the way of the wilderness.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And not a man remained in Ai and Bethel that went not out after Israel; and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵ֣ית (וּ) u. “and”

And the ambush arose quickly from their place, and they ran when he stretched out his hand, and came into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

וְהָאוֹרֵ֡ב (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men of Ai turned and saw, and behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that fled to the wilderness turned upon the pursuers.

וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”וָהֵ֑נָּה (וָ) va. “and”וְהָעָם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city went up, they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ (וִ) vi. “and”וְכָֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And the others went out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side; and they smote them, until they let none of them escape or flee away.

וְאֵ֨לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵ֣לֶּה (וְ) ve. “and”וּפָלִֽיט׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And so it was, that all who fell that day, men as well as women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Joshua did not draw back his hand, which he had stretched out with the javelin, until they had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

וִיהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙ (וִ) vi. “and”