Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleSo about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai. Young's Literal Translation And there go up of the people thither about three thousand men, and they flee before 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. Hebrew So about threeכִּשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת (kiš·lō·šeṯ) Preposition-k | Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice thousand אֲלָפִ֖ים (’ă·lā·p̄îm) Number - masculine plural Strong's 505: A thousand men אִ֑ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person went up, וַיַּעֲל֤וּ (way·ya·‘ă·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively but they were put to flight וַיָּנֻ֕סוּ (way·yā·nu·sū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away before לִפְנֵ֖י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the men אַנְשֵׁ֥י (’an·šê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person of Ai. הָעָֽי׃ (hā·‘āy) Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5857: Ai -- a Canaanite city |