Joshua 8:14
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And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.
In other translations
And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.
Hebrew words
וַיְהִיvayhiand it wasH1961כִּרְאוֹתkir'otwhen sawH7200מֶלֶךְ־melekh-[the] king ofH4428הָעַיha'ai<the> AiH5857וַיְמַהֲרוּvaymaharuand they hurriedH4116וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּvaiyashkimuand they rose earlyH7925וַיֵּצְאוּvaiyetze'uand they went outH3318אַנְשֵׁי־'anshei-[the] men ofH582הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892לִקְרַאת־likrat-to meetH7122יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478לַמִּלְחָמָהlamilchamahfor <the> battleH4421הוּאhu'heH1931וְכָל־vekholand allH3605עַמּוֹamopeople hisH5971לַמּוֹעֵדlamo'edto the appointed placeH4150לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440הָעֲרָבָהha'aravahthe ArabahH6160וְהוּאvehu'and heH1931לֹאlo'notH3808יָדַעyada'he knewH3045כִּי־ki-thatH3588אֹרֵב'orevan ambushH693לוֹlofor <the> himמֵאַחֲרֵיme'acharei[was] <from> behindH310הָעִיר׃ha'irthe cityH5892
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