Joshua 9:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.”

Joshua 9:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 9:1917 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּאמְר֤וּwayōʾmərw

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

כָלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הַ/נְּשִׂיאִים֙hanəśiyʾiym

captainparticleH5387

chief · cloud · governor · prince ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הָ֣/עֵדָ֔הhāʿēdāh

assemblyparticleH5712

company · congregation · multitude · people ···

אֲנַ֨חְנוּ֙ʾănaḥənw

ourselvesprepH587

us · we

נִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּnišəbaʿənw

adjureverbH7650

charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for

לָ/הֶ֔םlāhem

pron

בַּֽ/יהוָ֖הbayhwāh

LORDpronH3068

the Lord. Compare

אֱלֹהֵ֣יʾĕlōhēy

GodnounH430

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

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

וְ/עַתָּ֕הwəʿatāh

henceforthconjH6258

now · straightway · this time · whereas

לֹ֥אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

נוּכַ֖לnwkal

be ableverbH3201

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

לִ/נְגֹּ֥עַlinəgōʿa

beatpronH5060

bring · cast · come · draw near ···

בָּ/הֶֽםbāhem

pron

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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