Joshua 8:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast done to Ai and to her king as thou hast done to Jericho and to her king; only, its spoil and its cattle ye spoil for yourselves; set for thee an ambush for the city at its rear.’

King James Bible
And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

Hebrew
And you shall do
וְעָשִׂ֨יתָ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

to Ai
לָעַ֜י (lā·‘ay)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 5857: Ai -- a Canaanite city

and its king
וּלְמַלְכָּ֗הּ (ū·lə·mal·kāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you did
עָשִׂ֤יתָ (‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

to Jericho
לִֽירִיחוֹ֙ (lî·rî·ḥōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3405: Jericho -- a city in the Jordan Valley captured by Joshua

and its king,
וּלְמַלְכָּ֔הּ (ū·lə·mal·kāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

except that
רַק־ (raq-)
Adverb
Strong's 7535: But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless

you may carry off
תָּבֹ֣זּוּ (tā·ḇōz·zū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 962: To spoil, plunder

their plunder
שְׁלָלָ֥הּ (šə·lā·lāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7998: A prey, spoil, plunder, booty

and livestock
וּבְהֶמְתָּ֖הּ (ū·ḇə·hem·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 929: A dumb beast, any large quadruped, animal

for yourselves.
לָכֶ֑ם (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

Set
שִׂים־ (śîm-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

an ambush
אֹרֵ֛ב (’ō·rêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 693: To lie in wait

behind
מֵאַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃ (mê·’a·ḥă·re·hā)
Preposition-m | third person feminine singular
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

the city.”
לָעִ֖יר (lā·‘îr)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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