H9001–/וַ–v

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.

וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ (וַ) va “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.

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַֽיְמַהֲר֡וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁכִּ֡ימוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיִּנָּֽגְע֛וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ (וַ) va “and”

And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

וַיִּזָּעֲק֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּנָּתְק֖וּ (וַ) va “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.

וַיַּעַזְב֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Jehovah said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that he had in his hand toward the city.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֧ט (וַ) va “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.

וַיָּר֙וּצוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּלְכְּד֑וּהָ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיְמַהֲר֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּצִּ֥יתוּ (וַ) va “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.

וַיִּפְנ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְא֗וּ (וַ) va “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.

וַיָּשֻׁ֕בוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֖וּ (וַ) va “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.

וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיַּקְרִ֥בוּ (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass when Israel had ended slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they had chased them, and they had all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּפְּל֥וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּשֻׁ֤בוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Joshua burned Ai, and made it an everlasting heap of desolation to this day.

וַיִּשְׂרֹ֥ף (וַ) va “and”וַיְשִׂימֶ֤הָ (וַ) va “and”

And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening; and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his carcase down from the tree, and threw it down at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised upon it a great heap of stones, [ergänzt: which remains] to this day.

וַיֹּרִ֧ידוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִ֤יכוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּקִ֤ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

as Moses the servant of Jehovah had commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which iron had not been lifted up. And they offered up burnt-offerings on it to Jehovah, and sacrificed peace-offerings.

וַיַּעֲל֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּזְבְּח֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written before the children of Israel.

וַיִּכְתָּב־ (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass when all the kings who were on this side the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and along all the coast of the great sea as far as opposite to Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard [ergänzt: of it],

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”

that they assembled together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.

וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

then they also acted with craft, and they went prepared as on a journey, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-flasks, old and rent and tied up;

וַיַּעֲשׂ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּצְטַיָּ֑רוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְח֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, From a far country are we come; and now make a covenant with us.

וַיֵּלְכ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the men of Israel said to the Hivite, Perhaps thou dwellest in the midst of us, and how should I make a covenant with thee?

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they said to him, From a very far country are thy servants come, because of the name of Jehovah thy God; for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take victuals in your hand for the way, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants, and now make a covenant with us.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֤ם (וַ) va. “and”