Joshua 8:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• 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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Joshua{H3091} and all Israel{H3478} made as if they were beaten{H5060} before{H6440} them, and fled{H5127} by the way{H1870} of the wilderness.{H4057}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Joshua{H3091} and all Israel{H3478} made as if they were beaten{H5060}{(H8735)} before{H6440} them, and fled{H5127}{(H8799)} by the way{H1870} of the wilderness{H4057}.

• 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 border on the north side began at Jordan, and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the mountains westward, and ended at the wilderness of Bethaven.
• Judg 20:36 : 36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the men of Israel gave way to the Benjamites, because they trusted to the ambushers which they had set beside Gibeah.
• Josh 15:61 : 61 In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, Secacah,
• Josh 16:1 : 1 And the portion of the children of Joseph began at the Jordan by Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that rises from Jericho throughout Mount Bethel,