en_tn/jos/07/04.md

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  • Joshua sends soldiers to Ai and is defeated.
  • three thousand men - The word "men" here refers to "soldiers." (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
  • three thousand men... thirty-six men - six men** - These refer to the number of men (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:translate_numbers)
  • the hearts of the people were afraid and their courage left them - The word "people" refers to Israel. These two phrases mean basically the same thing and emphasize the intensity of their fear. AT: “the people of Israel were terrified” (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_parallelism and :en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_idiom)