H9001–/וַ–v

and they set the people, all the camp which `is' on the north of the city, and its rear on the west of the city, and Joshua goeth on that night into the midst of the valley.

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

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

And Joshua and all Israel `seem' stricken before them, and flee the way of the wilderness,

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

and all the people who `are' in the city are called to pursue after them, and they pursue after Joshua, and are drawn away out of the city,

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

and there hath not been left a man in Ai and Bethel who hath not gone out after Israel, and they leave the city open, and pursue after Israel.

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

And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Stretch out with the javelin which `is' in thy hand towards Ai, for into thy hand I give it;' and Joshua stretcheth out with the javelin which `is' in his hand toward the city,

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

and the ambush hath risen `with' haste, out of its place, and they run at the stretching out of his hand, and go into the city, and capture it, and hasten, and burn the city with 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 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, --

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

and Joshua and all Israel have seen that the ambush hath captured the city, and that the smoke of the city hath gone up, and they turn back and smite the men of Ai;

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

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

and the king of Ai they caught alive, and bring him near unto Joshua.

וַיַּקְרִ֥בוּ (וַ) va “and”

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

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

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Joshua burneth Ai, and maketh it a heap age-during -- a desolation unto this day;

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

and the king of Ai he hath hanged on the tree till even-time, and at the going in of the sun hath Joshua commanded, and they take down his carcase from the tree, and cast it unto the opening of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones till this day.

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

as Moses, servant of Jehovah, commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses -- an altar of whole stones, over which he hath not waved iron -- and they cause to go up upon it burnt-offerings to Jehovah, and sacrifice peace-offerings;

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

and he writeth there on the stones the copy of the law of Moses, which he hath written in the presence of the sons of Israel.

וַיִּכְתָּב־ (וַ) va “and”

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 (וַ) va “and”

that they gather themselves together to fight with Joshua, and with Israel -- one mouth.

וַיִּֽתְקַבְּצ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

and they work, even they, with subtilty, and go, and feign to be ambassadors, and take old sacks for their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up,

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

And they go unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, and say unto him, and unto the men of Israel, `From a land far off we have come, and now, make with us a covenant;'

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

and the men of Israel say unto the Hivite, `It may be in our midst ye are dwelling, and how do we make with thee a covenant?'

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and they say unto Joshua, `Thy servants we `are'.' And Joshua saith unto them, `Who `are' ye? and whence come ye?'

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

And they say unto him, `From a land very far off have thy servants come, for the name of Jehovah thy God, for we have heard His fame, and all that He hath done in Egypt,

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

`And our elders, and all the inhabitants of our land speak unto us, saying, Take in your hand provision for the way, and go to meet them, and ye have said unto them, Your servants we `are', and now, make with us a covenant;

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