Joshua 8:20
When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now became the pursuers.
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ASV
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
KJV
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּפְנ֣וּ | vai.yif.Nu | and they turned | H6437 → |
| אַנְשֵׁי֩ | 'an.Shei | [the] men of | H582 → |
| הָעַ֨י | ha.'Ai | <the> Ai | H5857 → |
| אַחֲרֵיהֶ֜ם | 'a.cha.rei.Hem | behind them | H310 → |
| וַיִּרְא֗וּ | vai.yir.'U | and they saw | H7200 → |
| וְהִנֵּ֨ה | ve.hi.Neh | and there! | H2009 → |
| עָלָ֜ה | 'a.Lah | it went up | H5927 → |
| עֲשַׁ֤ן | 'a.Shan | [the] smoke of | H6227 → |
| הָעִיר֙ | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| הַשָּׁמַ֔יְמָה | ha.sha.May.mah | the heavens towards | H8064 → |
| וְלֹא־ | ve.lo'- | and not | H3808 → |
| הָיָ֨ה | ha.Yah | it was | H1961 → |
| בָהֶ֥ם | va.Hem | in <the> them | |
| יָדַ֛יִם | ya.Da.yim | hands | H3027 → |
| לָנ֖וּס | la.Nus | to flee | H5127 → |
| הֵ֣נָּה | He.nah | hither | H2008 → |
| וָהֵ֑נָּה | va.He.nah | and hither | H2008 → |
| וְהָעָם֙ | ve.ha.'Am | and the people | H5971 → |
| הַנָּ֣ס | ha.Nas | which was fleeing | H5127 → |
| הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר | ha.mid.Bar | the wilderness | H4057 → |
| נֶהְפַּ֖ךְ | neh.Pakh | it turned back | H2015 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | against | H413 → |
| הָרוֹדֵֽף׃ | ha.ro.Def | the pursuer | H7291 → |
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