Joshua 8:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

All the people of Ai were summoned to pursue them. They chased after Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּזָּעֲק֗וּ כָּל־הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּעַ֔י לִרְדֹּ֖ף אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם וַֽיִּרְדְּפוּ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ וַיִּנָּתְק֖וּ מִן־הָעִֽיר׃

Transliteration

And wayyizzāʿăqû all-the-ʿām who in-hāʿay to-lirdōp̄ after-them and-wayyirdəp̄û after Yəhôšuaʿ and-wayyinnātəqû from-the-ʿîr.

Grammar Details

• *wayyizzāʿăqû*: Niphal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they were called together/summoned
• *ʿām*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the people
• *hāʿay*: proper noun with definite article - the Ai
• *lirdōp̄*: Qal infinitive construct with preposition - to pursue
• *wayyirdəp̄û*: Qal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they pursued
• *wayyinnātəqû*: Niphal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they were drawn away/separated
• *ʿîr*: noun, feminine singular with definite article - the city

Word Meanings

• *wayyizzāʿăqû*: were summoned/were called out/were mustered
• *ʿām*: people/population/folk
• *wayyinnātəqû*: were drawn away/were separated/were pulled away

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after hua, and were drawn away from the city.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them; and they pursued after Joshua and were drawn away from the city.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And all the people{H5971} that were in the city{H5857} were called{H2199} together to pursue{H7291} after{H310} them: and they pursued{H7291} after{H310} Joshua,{H3091} and were drawn away{H5423} from the city.{H5892}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And all the people{H5971} that were in Ai{H5857}{(H8675)}{H5892} were called{H2199}{(H8735)} together to pursue{H7291}{(H8800)} after{H310} them: and they pursued{H7291}{(H8799)} after{H310} Joshua{H3091}, and were drawn away{H5423}{(H8735)} from the city{H5892}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Then cried all the people in the cite, that they shulde folowe vpon them, and they folowed after Iosua and russhed out of the cite,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And all the people of the citie were called together, to pursue after them: and they pursued after Ioshua, & were drawen away out of the city,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And all the people of the towne were called together, to folowe after them: And they folowed after Iosuah, and were drawen away from the citie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And all the people that [were] in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  All the people who were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  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,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And all the people in Ai came together to go after them; and they went after Joshua, moving away from the town.

• World English Bible (2000)

  All the people who were in the city were called together to pursue after them. They pursued Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  All the reinforcements in Ai were ordered to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.

Referenced Verses

• Judg 20:31 : 31 The Benjaminites came out to meet them and were drawn away from the city. They began to inflict casualties on the Israelites as they had done before—about thirty men—in the open country, on the roads leading to Bethel and Gibeah.
• Judg 20:36-39 : 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. 37 The men in ambush hurried and rushed upon Gibeah. They spread out and struck the entire city with the sword. 38 The appointed signal between the men of Israel and the ambush was to send up a great column of smoke from the city. 39 When the Israelites turned in the battle, the Benjaminites had begun killing about thirty Israelites and thought, 'We are defeating them as in the first battle.'
• Ps 9:16 : 16 The nations have sunk into the pit they made; their feet are caught in the net they hid.
• Ezek 38:11-22 : 11 You will say, ‘I will go up against a land of unwalled villages; I will attack peaceful people who live securely—all of them living without walls, without gates and bars.’ 12 You will come to seize spoil and carry off plunder, to turn your hand against resettled ruins and against a people gathered from the nations, people acquiring livestock and goods, who live at the center of the land. 13 Sheba, Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish with all their young lions will say to you: ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you gathered your hordes to carry off silver and gold, to take away livestock and possessions, to make off with great plunder?’ 14 Therefore, prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: On that day when my people Israel are living securely, will you not be aware of it? 15 You will come from your place out of the far north—you and many peoples with you, all riding on horses, a great assembly and a mighty army. 16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the land. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may know me, as I show myself holy through you before their eyes, O Gog. 17 This is what the Lord GOD says: Are you the one I spoke of in former days through my servants the prophets of Israel? At that time, they prophesied for years that I would bring you against them. 18 On that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, my fury will rise up in my face. 19 In my zeal and fiery wrath I declare: On that day, there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. 20 The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the animals of the field, every creature that moves along the ground, and all the people on the face of the earth will tremble at my presence. The mountains will be overturned, the cliffs will crumble, and every wall will fall to the ground. 21 I will call for a sword against him on all my mountains, declares the Lord GOD. The sword of every man will be against his brother. 22 I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour down torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and brimstone on him and on his troops and on the many peoples with him.
• Rev 16:14 : 14 They are demonic spirits performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world to gather them for battle on the great day of God Almighty.
• Rev 19:19-21 : 19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and His army. 20 But the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf. By these signs he had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur. 21 The rest were killed by the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
• Josh 8:5-6 : 5 "I and all the people with me will approach the city, and when they come out to meet us as they did before, we will flee before them." 6 "They will chase after us until we lure them away from the city, for they will say, 'They are running away from us as they did before.' So we will flee before them."