The Meaning of Joshua 8:25 Explained

Joshua 8:25

KJV: And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

YLT: and all who fall during the day, of men and of women, are twelve thousand -- all men of Ai.

Darby: And so it was, that all who fell that day, men as well as women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.

ASV: And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And [so] it was, [that] all that fell  that day,  both of men  and women,  [were] twelve  thousand,  [even] all the men  of Ai. 

What does Joshua 8:25 Mean?

Context Summary

Joshua 8:18-29 - The Enemy Completely Destroyed
Joshua's preparations were skillfully made, and in that very place where Israel had been so disastrously defeated they scored a great victory and took large spoil, especially cattle, which they drove in triumph to the camp at Gilgal.
Taught by Christ's gentle spirit, we turn our eyes away from the doom that befell the entire population. In those days notions of God's justice were not tempered by knowledge of His mercy. But the Bible records the slow growth of even the religious leaders of the race in the true knowledge of God, Acts 26:9.
Be of good cheer, you that have been repeatedly overwhelmed by your strong enemies! Your failure arises from some hidden evil lurking in your soul! Put that away! Cast it out as a cancer! Where you were defeated you shall be more than conqueror, through the grace of Christ. [source]

Chapter Summary: Joshua 8

1  God encourages Joshua
3  The plan whereby Ai was taken
29  The king thereof is hanged
30  Joshua builds an altar
32  writes the law on stones
33  and pronounces the blessings and curses

What do the individual words in Joshua 8:25 mean?

So it was [that] all who fell day that from men and to women [were] two [and] ten thousand all the people of Ai
וַיְהִי֩ כָל־ הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜ים בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ מֵאִ֣ישׁ וְעַד־ אִשָּׁ֔ה שְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ר אָ֑לֶף כֹּ֖ל אַנְשֵׁ֥י הָעָֽי

וַיְהִי֩  So  it  was  [that] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הַנֹּ֨פְלִ֜ים  who  fell 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
בַּיּ֤וֹם  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַהוּא֙  that 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, third person masculine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
מֵאִ֣ישׁ  from  men 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
וְעַד־  and  to 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: עַד  
Sense: as far as, even to, until, up to, while, as far as.
אִשָּׁ֔ה  women  [were] 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
שְׁנֵ֥ים  two 
Parse: Number, md
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
עָשָׂ֖ר  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
אָ֑לֶף  thousand 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
אַנְשֵׁ֥י  the  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
הָעָֽי  of  Ai 
Parse: Article, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: עַי 
Sense: a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the 2nd city taken on the invasion of Canaan.

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