What Does Joshua 14:9 Mean?

“sware”

to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

“And Moses”

mosheh, the israelite lawgiver

“on that day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“saying”

to say (used with great latitude)

used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“Surely the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“have trodden”

to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)

“whereon thy feet”

a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“shall be thine inheritance”

properly, something inherited, i.e., (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion

“and thy children's”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“for”

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“ever”

properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“because thou hast wholly”

to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)

“followed”

properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“my God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of