Joshua 7:5
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Berean Study Bible
And the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.

Young's Literal Translation
and the men of Ai smite of them about thirty and six men, and pursue them before the gate unto Shebarim, and they smite them in Morad; and the heart of the people is melted, and becometh water.

King James Bible
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them [from] before the gate [even] unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

Hebrew
And the men
אִ֔ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of Ai
הָעַ֗י (hā·‘ay)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5857: Ai -- a Canaanite city

struck down
וַיַּכּ֨וּ (way·yak·kū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5221: To strike

about thirty-six of them
כִּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים (kiš·lō·šîm)
Preposition-k | Number - common plural
Strong's 7970: Thirty, thirtieth

and chased
וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֞וּם (way·yir·də·p̄ūm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

them from
לִפְנֵ֤י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

the gate
הַשַּׁ֙עַר֙ (haš·ša·‘ar)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

as far as
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the quarries,
הַשְּׁבָרִ֔ים (haš·šə·ḇā·rîm)
Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7671: Shebarim -- perhaps 'quarries', a place near Ai

striking them down
וַיַּכּ֖וּם (way·yak·kūm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5221: To strike

on the slopes.
בַּמּוֹרָ֑ד (bam·mō·w·rāḏ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4174: A descent, an ornamental appendage, a festoon

So the hearts
לְבַב־ (lə·ḇaḇ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart

of the people
הָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

melted
וַיִּמַּ֥ס (way·yim·mas)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4549: To liquefy, to waste, to faint

and became
וַיְהִ֥י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

like water.
לְמָֽיִם׃ (lə·mā·yim)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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