Hebrew Interlinear
Joshua 9:4 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Joshua 9:4, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“They did work wilily and made as if they had been ambassadors and took sacks old upon their asses bottles and wine old and rent and bound up”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֤וּ | H6213 | They did work | to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application |
| 2 | גַם | H1571 | properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and | |
| 3 | הֵ֙מָּה֙ | H1992 | they (only used when emphatic) | |
| 4 | בְּעָרְמָ֔ה | H6195 | wilily | trickery; or (in a good sense) discretion |
| 5 | וַיֵּֽלְכ֖וּ | H1980 | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | |
| 6 | וַיִּצְטַיָּ֑רוּ | H6737 | and made as if they had been ambassadors | to make an errand, i.e., betake oneself |
| 7 | וַיִּקְח֞וּ | H3947 | and took | to take (in the widest variety of applications) |
| 8 | שַׂקִּ֤ים | H8242 | sacks | properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e., coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grai |
| 9 | בָּלִ֔ים | H1087 | old | worn out |
| 10 | לַחֲמ֣וֹרֵיהֶ֔ם | H2543 | upon their asses | a male ass (from its dun red) |
| 11 | וְנֹאד֥וֹת | H4997 | bottles | a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids) |
| 12 | יַ֙יִן֙ | H3196 | and wine | wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication |
| 13 | בָּלִ֔ים | H1087 | old | worn out |
| 14 | וּמְבֻקָּעִ֖ים | H1234 | and rent | to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open |
| 15 | וּמְצֹֽרָרִֽים׃ | H6887 | and bound up | to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive |
Verse Context
Joshua 9:3And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard had done...
Joshua 9:4 (current)They did work wilily and made as if they had been ambassadors and took sacks old upon their asses bottles and wine old and rent and bound up
Joshua 9:5shoes And old and clouted upon their feet garments And old...