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Joshua 4:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?


Joshua 4:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 4:2115 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
בְּנֵ֥יbənēy
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
לֵ/אמֹ֑רlēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲשֶׁר֩ʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
יִשְׁאָל֨וּ/ןyišəʾālwn
ask (counselverbH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
בְּנֵי/כֶ֤םbənēykem
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
מָחָר֙māḥār
time to comenounH4279
tomorrow
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֲבוֹתָ֣/םʾăbwōtām
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr
answerpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
מָ֖הmāh
how (longparticleH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
הָ/אֲבָנִ֥יםhāʾăbāniym
(chalk-particleH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
הָ/אֵֽלֶּהhāʾēleh
an- other; one sortparticleH428
so · some · such · them ···
Words 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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