Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleSo by the waters of Merom, Joshua and his whole army came upon them suddenly and attacked them, Young's Literal Translation And Joshua cometh, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and they fall on them; King James Bible So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them. Hebrew So byעַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the waters מֵ֥י (mê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen of Merom מֵר֖וֹם (mê·rō·wm) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 4792: Merom -- a place in Upper Galilee Joshua יְהוֹשֻׁ֡עַ (yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3091: Joshua -- 'the LORD is salvation', Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites and his whole וְכָל־ (wə·ḵāl) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every army הַמִּלְחָמָ֨ה (ham·mil·ḥā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4421: A battle, war came וַיָּבֹ֣א (way·yā·ḇō) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go upon them עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם (‘ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against suddenly פִּתְאֹ֑ם (piṯ·’ōm) Adverb Strong's 6597: Suddenness, suddenly and attacked them, וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ (way·yip·pə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5307: To fall, lie |