Joshua 24:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.”

Joshua 24:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 24:1920 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַyəhwōšuʿa

JehoshuanounH3091

Jehoshuah · Joshua. Compare

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הָ/עָ֗םhāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

לֹ֤אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

תֽוּכְלוּ֙twkəlw

be ableverbH3201

any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···

לַ/עֲבֹ֣דlaʿăbōd

keep in bondagepronH5647

be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh

LORDnounH3068

the Lord. Compare

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אֱלֹהִ֥יםʾĕlōhiym

GodnounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

קְדֹשִׁ֖יםqədōšiym

holyadjH6918

saint

ה֑וּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

אֵֽלʾēl

GodnounH410

goodly · great · idol · might ···

קַנּ֣וֹאqanwōʾ

jealousadjH7072

ה֔וּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

לֹֽאlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִשָּׂ֥אyiśāʾ

acceptverbH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

לְ/פִשְׁעֲ/כֶ֖םləpišəʿăkem

rebellionpronH6588

sin · transgression · trespass

וּ/לְ/חַטֹּאותֵי/כֶֽםwləḥaṭōʾwtēykem

punishmentconjH2403

purifying · sin(-ner · offering)

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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