“And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.”
Joshua 9:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Joshua 9:2115 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּאמְר֧וּwayōʾmərw
and they saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲלֵי/הֶ֛םʾălēyhem
to thempronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/נְּשִׂיאִ֖יםhanəśiyʾiym
the leadersparticleH5387
chief · cloud · governor · prince ···
יִֽחְי֑וּyiḥəyw
let them liveverbH2421
make) alive · certainly · give life · (let ···
וַ֠/יִּֽהְיוּwayihəyw
and they wereconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
חֹטְבֵ֨יḥōṭəbēy
cutters ofverbH2404
hew · polish
עֵצִ֤יםʿēṣiym
woodnounH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
וְ/שֹֽׁאֲבֵיwəšōʾăbēy
and drawers ofconjH7579
water)
מַ֨יִם֙mayim
waternounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
לְ/כָלləkāl
for allpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ֣/עֵדָ֔הhāʿēdāh
the congregationparticleH5712
company · congregation · multitude · people ···
כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛רkaʾăšer
just aspronH834
after · alike · because · every ···
דִּבְּר֥וּdibərw
they had spokenverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
לָ/הֶ֖םlāhem
pron
הַ/נְּשִׂיאִֽיםhanəśiyʾiym
the leadersparticleH5387
chief · cloud · governor · prince ···
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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