H9005–/ל–l

The men of Ai put to death about thirty-six of them, driving them from before the town as far as the stoneworks, and overcoming them on the way down: and the hearts of the people became like water.

לִפְנֵ֤י (לִ) li “<to>”לְמָֽיִם׃ (לְ) le. “<into>”

Then Joshua, in great grief, went down on the earth before the ark of the Lord till the evening, and all the chiefs of Israel with him, and they put dust on their heads.

לִפְנֵ֨י (לִ) li “<to>”

And Joshua said, O Lord God, why have you taken us over Jordan only to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction? If only it had been enough for us to keep on the other side of Jordan!

לָ֠מָה (לָ֠) La. “<to>”לָתֵ֥ת (לָ) la. “to”לְהַאֲבִידֵ֑נוּ (לְ) le. “to”

O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

For when the news comes to the Canaanites and all the people of the land, they will come up, shutting us in and cutting off our name from the earth: and what will you do for the honour of your great name?

לְשִׁמְךָ֥ (לְ) le. “for”

Then the Lord said to Joshua, Get up; what are you doing with your face to the earth?

לָ֑ךְ (לָ֑) La “for <the>”לָ֣מָּה (לָ֣) La. “<to>”

For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.

לָקוּם֙ (לָ) la. “to”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לְחֵ֑רֶם (לְ) le. “<into>”לִֽהְי֣וֹת (לִֽ) li “to”

Up! make the people holy; say to them, Make yourselves holy before tomorrow, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has said, There is a cursed thing among you, O Israel, and you will give way before your attackers in the fight till the cursed thing has been t

לְמָחָ֑ר (לְ) le. “for”לָקוּם֙ (לָ) la. “to”לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”

So in the morning you are to come near, tribe by tribe; and the tribe marked out by the Lord is to come near, family by family; and the family marked out by the Lord is to come near, house by house; and the house marked out by the Lord is to come near, m

לְשִׁבְטֵיכֶ֑ם (לְ) le. “to”לַמִּשְׁפָּח֗וֹת (לַ) la. “to the”לַבָּתִּ֔ים (לַ) la. “to the”לַגְּבָרִֽים׃ (לַ) la. “to the”

Then the man who is taken with the cursed thing is to be burned, with everything which is his; because he has gone against the agreement of the Lord and has done an act of shame in Israel.

ל֑וֹ (ל֑) l “[belongs] to <the>”

So Joshua got up early in the morning, and made Israel come before him by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken;

לִשְׁבָטָ֑יו (לִ) li “to”

Then he made Judah come forward, and the family of the Zerahites was taken; and he made the family of the Zerahites come forward man by man; and Zabdi was taken;

לַגְּבָרִ֔ים (לַ) la. “to the”

Then the house of Zabdi came forward man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

לַגְּבָרִ֑ים (לַ) la. “to the”לְמַטֵּ֥ה (לְ) le. “of”

And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give glory and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel; give me word now of what you have done, and keep nothing back from me.

לַֽיהוָ֛ה (לַֽ) la. “to”ל֣וֹ (ל֣) l “to <the>”לִי֙ (לִ) l “to <the>”

And Achan, answering, said to Joshua, Truly I have done wrong against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this is what I have done:

לַֽיהוָה֙ (לַֽ) la. “to”

And they took them from the tent and came back with them to Joshua and the children of Israel, and put them before the Lord.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, the son of Zerah, and the silver and the robe and the mass of gold, and his sons and his daughters and his oxen and his asses and his sheep and his tent and everything he had; and they took them up into the valley o

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “[belonged] to <the>”

And you are to do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king: but their goods and their cattle you may take for yourselves: let a secret force be stationed to make a surprise attack on the town from the back.

לָעַ֜י (לָ) la. “to <the>”וּלְמַלְכָּ֗הּ (לְ) le. “to”לִֽירִיחוֹ֙ (לִֽ) li. “to”וּלְמַלְכָּ֔הּ (לְ) le. “to”לָכֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “for <the>”לְךָ֥ (לְ) le. “for <the>”לָעִ֖יר (לָ) la. “for the”

So Joshua and the fighting-men got ready to go up against Ai; and Joshua took thirty thousand men of war, and sent them out by night.

לַעֲל֣וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

And he gave them their orders, saying, Go and take up your position secretly at the back of the town: do not go very far away, and let all of you be ready:

לֵאמֹ֗ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָעִיר֙ (לָ) la. “for the”

And I and all the people with me will come near the town, and when they come out against us as they did before, we will go in flight from them;

לִקְרָאתֵ֙נוּ֙ (לִ) li “to”לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (לִ) li “<to>”

And they will come out after us, till we have got them away from the town; for they will say, They have gone in flight from us as before; so we will go in flight before them;

לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ (לְ) le. “<to>”לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ (לִ) li “<to>”

So Joshua sent them out: and they took up a secret position between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua kept with the people that night.

לָעָ֑י (לָ) la. “of <the>”

And early in the morning Joshua got up, and put the people in order, and he and the chiefs of Israel went up before the people to Ai.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

And all the fighting-men who were with him went up and came near the town, and took up a position on the north side of Ai facing the town, with a valley between him and the town.

לָעַ֔י (לָ) la. “<to>”