Joshua 8:6

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיָצְא֣וּ אַחֲרֵ֗ינוּ עַ֣ד הַתִּיקֵ֤נוּ אוֹתָם֙ מִן־הָעִ֔יר כִּ֣י יֹֽאמְר֔וּ נָסִ֣ים לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר בָּרִֽאשֹׁנָ֑ה וְנַ֖סְנוּ לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-yāṣəʾû ʾaḥărênû ʿad ha-ttîqēnû ʾôtām min-hā-ʿîr kî yōʾmərû nāsîm ləpānênû kaʾăšer bā-rîʾšōnâ wə-nasnû lipnêhem

Grammar Details

*wə-yāṣəʾû*: waw consecutive + qal perfect, 3rd common plural - and they will come out
*ʾaḥărênû*: preposition + 1st common plural suffix - after us
*ʿad*: preposition - until
*ha-ttîqēnû*: hiphil infinitive construct + 1st common plural suffix - we draw them away
*ʾôtām*: direct object marker + 3rd masculine plural suffix - them
*min-hā-ʿîr*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - from the city
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*yōʾmərû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will say
*nāsîm*: qal participle, masculine plural - fleeing
*ləpānênû*: preposition + noun construct + 1st common plural suffix - before us
*kaʾăšer*: conjunction - as/like
*bā-rîʾšōnâ*: preposition + definite article + adjective, feminine singular - at the first/before
*wə-nasnû*: waw consecutive + qal perfect, 1st common plural - and we will flee
*lipnêhem*: preposition + noun construct + 3rd masculine plural suffix - before them

Word Meanings

*ha-ttîqēnû*: we draw them away/separate them/pull them away
*nāsîm*: fleeing/running away/retreating
*bā-rîʾšōnâ*: at first/previously/before

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 14:3 : 3 And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
Exod 15:9 : 9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Judg 20:32 : 32 And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city unto the highways.
Eccl 8:11 : 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Eccl 9:12 : 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

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