Joshua 8:17
and soothly not one had or was left in the city of Ai and Bethel, that pursued not Israel, and they left the cities open, as they had broken out,This verse in the real world
In what words
- עַיʻAyAi, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine
- בֵּית־אֵלBêyth-ʼÊlBeth-El, a place in Palestine
- שָׁאַרshâʼarproperly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
- רָדַףrâdaphto run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
- פָּתַחpâthachto open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
- עָזַבʻâzabto loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- אַחַרʼacharproperly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various sen
- עִירʻîyra city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampme
+3 more words in this verse
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Jos 11:20, Isa 19:11–13, Jos 8:3, Job 5:13, Jos 8:24–25, Deu 2:30

