Joshua 8:15

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them and fled toward the wilderness.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּנָּֽגְע֛וּ יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם וַיָּנֻ֖סוּ דֶּ֥רֶךְ הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

Transliteration

And wayyinnāgəʿû Yəhôšuaʿ and-all-Yiśrāʾēl before-them and-wayyānusû dereḵ the-midbār.

Grammar Details

• *wayyinnāgəʿû*: Niphal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they were smitten/defeated/repulsed
• *Yəhôšuaʿ*: proper noun, masculine singular - Joshua
• *Yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun, masculine singular collective - Israel
• *wayyānusû*: Qal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they fled
• *dereḵ*: noun, feminine singular construct - way/road/path of
• *midbār*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the wilderness/desert

Word Meanings

• *wayyinnāgəʿû*: were defeated/pretended to be beaten/feigned defeat
• *dereḵ*: way/road/path/direction
• *midbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And hua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But Iosua and all Israel were feble before them, and fled by the waye to ye wyldernesse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Ioshua and all Israel as beaten before them, fled by the way of the wildernes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Iosuah & all Israel as beaten before them, fledde by the way of the wildernesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Joshua and all Israel, acting as if they were overcome before them, went in flight by way of the waste land.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the wilderness.

Referenced Verses

• Josh 18:12 : 12 Their northern boundary began at the Jordan, ascended to the northern slope of Jericho, went up to the hill country westward, and ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
• Judg 20:36 : 36 Then the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated. The Israelites had given ground to the Benjaminites because they relied on the ambush they had set near Gibeah.
• Josh 15:61 : 61 In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah.
• Josh 16:1 : 1 The lot for the sons of Joseph went out from the Jordan at Jericho, eastward to the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, and ascended from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.