Joshua 7:4
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
So about threeכִּשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת
(kish·lo·shet)
7969: a three, triadof uncertain derivation
thousandאֲלָפִ֖ים
(a·la·fim)
505: a thousanda prim. root
menאִ֑ישׁ
(ish;)
376: manfrom an unused word
from the peopleהָעָם֙
(ha·'am)
5971a: peoplefrom an unused word
wentוַיַּעֲל֤וּ
(vai·ya·'a·lu)
5927: to go up, ascend, climba prim. root
up there,שָׁ֔מָּה
(sham·mah,)
8033: there, thithera prim. adverb
but they fledוַיָּנֻ֕סוּ
(vai·ya·nu·su)
5127: to flee, escapea prim. root
from the menאַנְשֵׁ֥י
(an·shei)
376: manfrom an unused word
of Ai.הָעָֽי׃
(ha·'ai.)
5857: a Canaanite cityof uncertain derivation


















KJV Lexicon
So there went up
`alah  (aw-law')
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
thither of the people
`am  (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
about three
shalowsh  (shaw-loshe')
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
thousand
'eleph  (eh'-lef)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand -- thousand.
men
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
and they fled
nuwc  (noos)
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
the men
'enowsh  (en-oshe')
a mortal; hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word.
of Ai
`Ay  (ah'ee)
Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine -- Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So about three thousand men from the people went up there, but they fled from the men of Ai.

King James Bible
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So about 3,000 men went up there, but they fled from the men of Ai.

International Standard Version
So about three thousand went up there, but they ran away from the men of Ai.

NET Bible
So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So about three thousand men were sent. However, they fled from the men of Ai.

King James 2000 Bible
So there went up there of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
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