Joshua 8:28
"And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

And Joshua burnt Ai,.... The whole city, fire being only set before to a few houses, to make a smoke as a signal; he did with it as he had

done with Jericho, for so he was ordered, Jos 8:2 , and made it an heap for ever; that is, for a long time, for it appears to have been rebuilt, and to have been inhabited by the Jews, after their return from their Babylonish captivity, Neh 11:31 , even a desolation unto this day; to the time of the writing of this book; and by what has been just observed, it appears that Ezra could not be the writer of it, since this city was inhabited in his time.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (11 words)

H8313 שָׂרַף
Definition:

9+, 3 feminine singular suffixשְׂרָפָ֫חַםIsaiah 47:14, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׂרֹףNumbers 19:52t., more oftenוַיִּשְׂרֹףExodus 32:20+, 2 masculine pluralתִּשְׂרְפוּןDeuteronomy 7:52t.;In 9+, 3 feminine singular suffixשְׂרָפָ֫חַםIsaiah 47:14, etc.;Imperfect3masculine singularיִשְׂרֹףNumbers 19:52t., more oftenוַיִּשְׂרֹףExodus 32:20+, 2 masculine pluralתִּשְׂרְפוּןDeuteronomy 7:52t.;In

Possible Meanings:
  • seraphim (semantic_range)
H3091 יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Definition:

21; onיֵשׁוּעַsee especially FräVOJ iv. 1890, 332 f.MüllSK 1892, 177 f.who cite analogue for change ofוֹto laterֵ֯, & Nesl.c.) —1Moses' successor, son of Nun, (ᵐ5Ἰησοῦς)יְהוֺשׁוּעַDeuteronomy 3:21;Jud 21; onיֵשׁוּעַsee especially FräVOJ iv. 1890, 332 f.MüllSK 1892, 177 f.who cite analogue for change ofוֹto laterֵ֯, & Nesl.c.) —1Moses' successor, son of Nun, (ᵐ5Ἰησοῦς)יְהוֺשׁוּעַDeuteronomy 3:21;Jud

Possible Meanings:
  • is salvation (semantic_range)
  • is opulence (semantic_range)
H0853 אֵת
Definition:

33,אֹתָ֑ךְ,אֹתָ֑כָהExodus 29:35, feminineאֹתָךְ;אֹתוֺetc.; 2 pluralאֶתְכֶם, once˜אוֺתְכֶםJoshua 23:15; 3masculine plural regularlyאֹתָם, rarelyאֶתְהֶםGenesis 32:1;Exodus 18:20;Numbers 21:3;Ezekiel 34: 33,אֹתָ֑ךְ,אֹתָ֑כָהExodus 29:35, feminineאֹתָךְ;אֹתוֺetc.; 2 pluralאֶתְכֶם, once˜אוֺתְכֶםJoshua 23:15; 3masculine plural regularlyאֹתָם, rarelyאֶתְהֶםGenesis 32:1;Exodus 18:20;Numbers 21:3;Ezekiel 34:

Possible Meanings:
  • sign (semantic_range)
H5857 עַי
Definition:

1old Canaanite city,עַיalways with articleהָעַי(הָעָ֑יGenesis 13:3+), near Bethel to the southeast (exact site unknown, compare DiJoshua 7:2BuhlGeogr. 177),Genesis 12:8(J),Genesis 13:3(J),Joshua 7:2(t 1old Canaanite city,עַיalways with articleהָעַי(הָעָ֑יGenesis 13:3+), near Bethel to the southeast (exact site unknown, compare DiJoshua 7:2BuhlGeogr. 177),Genesis 12:8(J),Genesis 13:3(J),Joshua 7:2(t

Possible Meanings:
  • ruin (semantic_range)
  • heap of ruins (semantic_range)
H7760 שׂוּם
Definition:

582verbput, place, set(compare NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 532; Late HebrewסוּסPi`eldesignate, fix,שׂוםEcclus 45:5c; Ecclus 49:6; Phoenicianשם, Assyrianšâmu. fix, determine;Sabeanשׂיםset, set up, SabDenkmNo. 582verbput, place, set(compare NöZMG xxxvii (1883), 532; Late HebrewסוּסPi`eldesignate, fix,שׂוםEcclus 45:5c; Ecclus 49:6; Phoenicianשם, Assyrianšâmu. fix, determine;Sabeanשׂיםset, set up, SabDenkmNo.

Possible Meanings:
  • make (semantic_range)
  • make (semantic_range)
  • make (semantic_range)
  • appoint (semantic_range)
H8510 תֵּל
Definition:

constructתֵּל(ֿ)עוֺלָםJoshua 8:28(JE),Deuteronomy 13:17,תֵּל שְׁמָמָהJeremiah 49:2.2moundor hill on which city stood: suffixתִּלָּםJoshua 11:18(D),תִּלָּתּJeremiah 30:18.Topical LexiconDefinition and constructתֵּל(ֿ)עוֺלָםJoshua 8:28(JE),Deuteronomy 13:17,תֵּל שְׁמָמָהJeremiah 49:2.2moundor hill on which city stood: suffixתִּלָּםJoshua 11:18(D),תִּלָּתּJeremiah 30:18.Topical LexiconDefinition and

H5769 עוֹלָם
Definition:

12405t.;עֹלָםGenesis 3:2219t.;עֵילוֺם2Chronicles 33:7, read probablyעוֺלָם(for other explanations see note in KitHpt); suffixעֹלָמוֺEcclesiastes 12:5; pluralעוֺלָמִיםIsaiah 26:47t.,עֹלָמִיםPsalm 145:1 12405t.;עֹלָםGenesis 3:2219t.;עֵילוֺם2Chronicles 33:7, read probablyעוֺלָם(for other explanations see note in KitHpt); suffixעֹלָמוֺEcclesiastes 12:5; pluralעוֺלָמִיםIsaiah 26:47t.,עֹלָמִיםPsalm 145:1

Possible Meanings:
  • long duration (semantic_range)
  • antiquity (semantic_range)
  • futurity (semantic_range)
H8077 שְׁמָמָה
Definition:

29+; plural constructשִׁמְמוֺתJeremiah 51:26+; —waste, usually of land, city, house, etc.,Exodus 23:29(E),Isaiah 1:7(probably strike out, with words following StuJP Th. 1877, 714FBJBL (1890), 84),Levi 29+; plural constructשִׁמְמוֺתJeremiah 51:26+; —waste, usually of land, city, house, etc.,Exodus 23:29(E),Isaiah 1:7(probably strike out, with words following StuJP Th. 1877, 714FBJBL (1890), 84),Levi

Possible Meanings:
  • a devastation (semantic_range)
H5704 עַד
Definition:

20,24;Psalm 104:23;Psalm 147:6;Job 7:4;Job 20:5, and inעֲדֵי עַדIsaiah 26:4;Isaiah 65:18;Psalm 83:18;Psalm 92:8;Psalm 132:12;Psalm 132:14:compareאֱלֵי,עֲלֵי),prepositionas far as, even to, up to, unti 20,24;Psalm 104:23;Psalm 147:6;Job 7:4;Job 20:5, and inעֲדֵי עַדIsaiah 26:4;Isaiah 65:18;Psalm 83:18;Psalm 92:8;Psalm 132:12;Psalm 132:14:compareאֱלֵי,עֲלֵי),prepositionas far as, even to, up to, unti

Possible Meanings:
  • until (semantic_range)
H3117 יוֹם
Definition:

5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo 5day(Late Hebrewid.; Aramaicיומָא,; Phoenicianים; MI5ימן, suffixימיGenesis 1:6;Genesis 1:9;Genesis 1:33, plural constructימיGenesis 1:8, suffix 3masculine singularימה; SI3ים; ZinjirliיוםDHMSendsch Glo

H2088 זֶה
Definition:

“This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh” (Genesis 2:23). The demonstrative fixes Eve’s identity as God’s specific gift to Adam.• Covenant Signs: “This is the sign of the covenant I am maki “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh” (Genesis 2:23). The demonstrative fixes Eve’s identity as God’s specific gift to Adam.• Covenant Signs: “This is the sign of the covenant I am maki

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