Hebrew Interlinear

Joshua 9:21 Interlinear

said And the princes unto them Let them live but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation had promised And the princes

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּֽאמְר֧וּH559saidto say (used with great latitude)
2אֲלֵיהֶ֛םH413near, with or among; often in general, to
3הַנְּשִׂיאִֽים׃H5387And the princesproperly, an exalted one, i.e., a king or sheik; also a rising mist
4יִֽחְי֑וּH2421unto them Let them liveto live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
5וַ֠יִּֽהְיוּH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
6חֹֽטְבֵ֨יH2404but let them be hewersto chop or carve wood
7עֵצִ֤יםH6086of wooda tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
8וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵיH7579and drawersto bale up water
9מַ֙יִם֙H4325of waterwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
10לְכָלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
11הָ֣עֵדָ֔הH5712unto all the congregationa stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
12כַּֽאֲשֶׁ֛רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
13דִּבְּר֥וּH1696had promisedperhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
14לָהֶ֖םH0
15הַנְּשִׂיאִֽים׃H5387And the princesproperly, an exalted one, i.e., a king or sheik; also a rising mist

Verse Context

Joshua 9:20 This we will do to them we will even let them live ...
Joshua 9:21 (current)said And the princes unto them Let them live but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation had promised And the princes
Joshua 9:22called And Joshua for them and he spake unto them saying...

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