H1961–הָיָה–ha.yah

and Jehovah is with Joshua, and his fame is in all the land.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “he was”וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it was”

and the men of Ai smite of them about thirty and six men, and pursue them before the gate unto Shebarim, and they smite them in Morad; and the heart of the people is melted, and becometh water.

וַיְהִ֥י (יְהִ֥י) y.Hi “it became”

and the sons of Israel have not been able to stand before their enemies; the neck they turn before their enemies, for they have become a devoted thing; I add not to be with you -- if ye destroy not the devoted thing out of your midst.

הָי֖וּ ha.Yu “they have become”לִֽהְי֣וֹת (הְי֣וֹת) h.Yot “be”

and ye have been brought near in the morning by your tribes, and it hath been, the tribe which Jehovah doth capture doth draw near by families, and the family which Jehovah doth capture doth draw near by households, and the household which Jehovah doth capture doth draw near by men;

וְהָיָ֡ה (הָיָ֡ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

and it hath been, he who is captured with the devoted thing is burnt with fire, he and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath done folly in Israel.'

וְהָיָה֙ (הָיָה֙) ha.Yah “it will be”

and commandeth them, saying, `See, ye are liers in wait against the city, at the rear of the city, ye go not very far off from the city, and all of you have been prepared,

וִהְיִיתֶ֥ם (הְיִיתֶ֥ם) h.yi.Tem “you will be”

and I and all the people who `are' with me draw near unto the city, and it hath come to pass when they come out to meet us as at the first, and we have fled before them,

וְהָיָ֗ה (הָיָ֗ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

and it hath been, when ye capture the city, ye burn the city with fire, according to the word of Jehovah ye do, see, I have commanded you.'

וְהָיָ֞ה (הָיָ֞ה) ha.Yah “it will be”

And it cometh to pass, when the king of Ai seeth `it', that hasten, and rise early, and go out do the men of the city to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at the appointed season, at the front of the plain, and he hath not known that an ambush `is' against him, on the rear of the city.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

And the men of Ai look behind them, and see, and lo, the smoke of the city hath gone up unto the heavens, and there hath not been in them power to flee hither and thither -- and the people who are fleeing to the wilderness have turned against the pursuer, --

הָיָ֨ה ha.Yah “it was”

and these have come out from the city to meet them, and they are in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that, and they smite them till he hath not left to them a remnant and escaped one;

וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ (יִּֽהְי֤וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

And it cometh to pass, at Israel's finishing to slay all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them (and they fall all of them by the mouth of the sword till their consumption), that all Israel turn back to Ai, and smite it by the mouth of the sword;

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

and all who fall during the day, of men and of women, are twelve thousand -- all men of Ai.

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

there hath not been a thing of all that Moses commanded which Joshua hath not proclaimed before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the infants, and the sojourner who is going in their midst.

הָיָ֣ה ha.Yah “it was”

And it cometh to pass, when all the kings who `are' beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the low-country, and in every haven of the great sea, over-against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, hear --

וַיְהִ֣י (יְהִ֣י) y.Hi “it was”

and sandals, old and patched, on their feet, and old garments upon them, and all the bread of their provision is dry -- it was crumbs.

הָיָ֥ה ha.Yah “it was”

this our bread -- hot we provided ourselves with it out of our houses, on the day of our coming out to go unto you, and now, lo, it is dry, and hath been crumbs;

וְהָיָ֖ה (הָיָ֖ה) ha.Yah “it has been”

And it cometh to pass, at the end of three days after that they have made with them a covenant, that they hear that they `are' their neighbours -- that in their midst they are dwelling.

וַיְהִ֗י (יְהִ֗י) y.Hi “it was”

this we do to them, and have kept them alive, and wrath is not upon us, because of the oath which we have sworn to them.'

יִֽהְיֶ֤ה yih.Yeh “it will be”

And the princes say unto them, `They live, and are hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the company, as the princes spake to them.'

וַ֠יִּֽהְיוּ (יִּֽהְיוּ) i.yih.yu “they were”

And it cometh to pass, when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heareth that Joshua hath captured Ai, and doth devote it (as he had done to Jericho and to her king so he hath done to Ai and to her king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon have made peace with Israel, and are in their midst, --

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”וַיִּֽהְי֖וּ (יִּֽהְי֖וּ) i.yih.Yu “they were”

And it cometh to pass, in their fleeing from the face of Israel -- they `are' in the descent of Beth-Horon -- and Jehovah hath cast upon them great stones out of the heavens, unto Azekah, and they die; more are they who have died by the hailstones than they whom the sons of Israel have slain by the sword.

וַיְהִ֞י (יְהִ֞י) y.Hi “it was”

And there hath not been like that day before it or after it, for Jehovah's hearkening to the voice of a man; for Jehovah is fighting for Israel.

הָיָ֜ה ha.Yah “it has been”

And it cometh to pass, when Joshua and the sons of Israel finish to smite them -- a very great smiting, till they are consumed, and the remnant who have remained of them go in unto the fenced cities,

וַיְהִי֩ (יְהִי֩) y.Hi “it was”

And it cometh to pass, when they bring out these kings unto Joshua, that Joshua calleth unto every man of Israel, and saith unto the captains of the men of war, who have gone with him, `Draw near, set your feet on the necks of these kings;' and they draw near, and set their feet on their necks.

וַ֠יְהִי (יְהִי) y.hi “it was”