Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3947 [e] וַיִּקַּ֕ח way-yiq-qaḥ So he took Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 2568 [e] כַּחֲמֵ֥שֶׁת ka-ḥă-mê-šeṯ about five Prep-k, Art | Number-msc 505 [e] אֲלָפִ֖ים ’ă-lā-p̄îm thousand Number-mp 376 [e] אִ֑ישׁ ’îš; men N-ms 7760 [e] וַיָּ֨שֶׂם way-yā-śem and set Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 853 [e] אוֹתָ֜ם ’ō-w-ṯām them DirObjM | 3mp 693 [e] אֹרֵ֗ב ’ō-rêḇ, in ambush V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms 996 [e] בֵּ֧ין bên between Prep   בֵּֽית־ bêṯ- in Prep 1008 [e] אֵ֛ל ’êl Bethel N-proper-fs 996 [e] וּבֵ֥ין ū-ḇên and Conj-w | Prep 5857 [e] הָעַ֖י hā-‘ay Ai Art | N-proper-fs 3220 [e] מִיָּ֥ם mî-yām on the west side Prep-m | N-ms 5892 [e] לָעִֽיר׃ lā-‘îr. of the city Prep-l, Art | N-fs

New American Standard Bible
And he took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

King James Bible
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Now Joshua had taken about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.

five thousand

Joshua 8:2,3 And you shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her …

of the city. or, of Ai

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