Hebrew Interlinear
Joshua 9:4 Interlinear
“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...