Joshua 8:25

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.

📖 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• 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.

• 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 of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes: 17 But you shall utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD your God has commanded you: 18 That they teach you not to do according to all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so you would sin against the LORD your God.