Joshua 9:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them.”

Joshua 9:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Joshua 9:2014 words

HebrewMeaning

זֹ֛אתzōʾt

hereby (-inprepH2063

-with) · it · likewise · the one (other ···

נַעֲשֶׂ֥הnaʿăśeh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

לָ/הֶ֖םlāhem

pron

וְ/הַחֲיֵ֣הwəhaḥăyēh

keep (leaveconjH2421

make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···

אוֹתָ֑/םʾwōtām

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִֽהְיֶ֤הyihəyeh

beaconverbH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

עָלֵ֨י/נוּ֙ʿālēynw

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

קֶ֔צֶףqeṣep

foamnounH7110

indignation · sore · wrath

עַלʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

הַ/שְּׁבוּעָ֖הhašəbwʿāh

curseparticleH7621

oath · sworn

אֲשֶׁרʾăšer

asparticleH834

after · alike · because · every ···

נִשְׁבַּ֥עְנוּnišəbaʿənw

adjureverbH7650

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

לָ/הֶֽםlāhem

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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