Hebrew Interlinear

Joshua 17:15 Interlinear

answered And Joshua people them If thou be a great then get thee up to the wood country and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants be too narrow if mount Ephraim

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֨אמֶרH559answeredto say (used with great latitude)
2אֲלֵיהֶ֜םH413near, with or among; often in general, to
3יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַH3091And Joshuajehoshua (i.e., joshua), the jewish leader
4אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
5עַםH5971peoplea people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
6רַ֤בH7227them If thou be a greatabundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
7אַתָּה֙H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
8עֲלֵ֣הH5927then get thee upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
9לְךָ֣H0
10הַיַּ֔עְרָהH3293to the wooda copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
11וּבֵֽרֵאתָ֤H1254country and cut down(absolutely) to create; (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes)
12לְךָ֙H0
13שָׁ֔םH8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
14בְּאֶ֥רֶץH776for thyself there in the landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
15הַפְּרִזִּ֖יH6522of the Perizzitesa perizzite, one of the canaanitish tribes
16וְהָֽרְפָאִ֑יםH7497and of the giantsa giant
17כִּיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
18אָ֥ץH213be too narrowto press; (by implication) to be close, hurry, withdraw
19לְךָ֖H0
20הַרH2022if mounta mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
21אֶפְרָֽיִם׃H669Ephraimephrajim, a son of joseph; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory

Verse Context

Joshua 17:14spake And the children of Joseph unto Joshua saying...
Joshua 17:15 (current)answered And Joshua people them If thou be a great then get thee up to the wood country and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants be too narrow if mount Ephraim
Joshua 17:16said And the children of Joseph is not enough ...

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