Hebrew Interlinear

Joshua 22:26 Interlinear

“Therefore we said Let us now prepare to build us an altar not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice”

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Joshua 22 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַנֹּ֕אמֶר	H559	Therefore we said	to say (used with great latitude)
2	נַֽעֲשֶׂה	H6213	Let us now prepare	to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
3	נָּ֣א	H4994		'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
4	לָ֔נוּ	H0
5	לִבְנ֖וֹת	H1129	to build	to build (literally and figuratively)
6	אֶת	H853		properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
7	הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ	H4196	us an altar	an altar
8	לֹ֥א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
9	לְעוֹלָ֖ה	H5930	not for burnt offering	a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
10	וְלֹ֥א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
11	לְזָֽבַח׃	H2077	nor for sacrifice	properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

Joshua 22:26 (current)Therefore we said Let us now prepare to build us an altar not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice