Joshua 8:20
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.”
הָיָה
I AM. Hayah. The self-existent one. When Moses asked God His name God said I AM THAT I AM. Not I was or I will be but I AM. Always present always existing always enough. Jesus used the same words: before Abraham was I AM.
עָלָה
it went up
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עָלָה
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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יָד
hands
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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הָפַךְ
it turned back
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הָפַךְ
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
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עָשָׁן
the smoke of
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עָשָׁן
smoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)
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הֵנָּה
hither
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הֵנָּה
hither or thither (but used both of place and time)
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