Joshua 8:25

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

On that day, twelve thousand men and women, all the people of Ai, fell.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִי֩ כָל־הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜ים בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ מֵאִ֣ישׁ וְעַד־אִשָּׁ֔ה שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר אָ֑לֶף כֹּ֖ל אַנְשֵׁ֥י הָעָֽי׃

Transliteration

And-wayəhî all-the-nōp̄əlîm in-the-yôm the-that from-ʾîš and-unto-ʾiššâ šənêm ʿāśār ʾālep̄ all ʾanšê hāʿāy.

Grammar Details

• *wayəhî*: Qal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and it was
• *nōp̄əlîm*: Qal participle, masculine plural with definite article - the ones falling
• *yôm*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the day
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine singular - man
• *ʾiššâ*: noun, feminine singular - woman
• *šənêm*: number, masculine dual construct - two of
• *ʿāśār*: number, masculine singular - ten
• *ʾālep̄*: noun, masculine singular - thousand
• *ʾanšê*: noun, masculine plural construct - men of
• *hāʿāy*: proper noun with definite article - the Ai

Word Meanings

• *wayəhî*: and it was/and there were
• *nōp̄əlîm*: fallen ones/those who fell/casualties
• *ʾîš*: man/male
• *ʾiššâ*: woman/female
• *šənêm ʿāśār ʾālep̄*: twelve thousand

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, all the men of Ai.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And of all them which fell that daye fro man vnto woma, there were twolue thousande, all men of Hai.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelue thousande, euen all the men of Ai.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And al that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelue thousande, euen all the men of Ai.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And [so] it was, [that] all that fell that day, both of men and women, [were] twelve thousand, [even] all the men of Ai.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  All that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and all who fall during the day, of men and of women, are twelve thousand -- all men of Ai.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  On that day twelve thousand were put to death, men and women, all the people of Ai.

• World English Bible (2000)

  All that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Twelve thousand men and women died that day, including all the men of Ai.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 20:16-18 : 16 But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. 17 Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you. 18 This is so they do not teach you to follow all the detestable practices they have done for their gods, causing you to sin against the LORD your God.