Joshua 9:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“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

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אֲלֵי/הֶ֛םʾălēyhem

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הַ/נְּשִׂיאִ֖יםhanəśiyʾiym

captainparticleH5387

chief · cloud · governor · prince ···

יִֽחְי֑וּyiḥəyw

keep (leaveverbH2421

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

וַ֠/יִּֽהְיוּwayihəyw

beaconconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

חֹטְבֵ֨יḥōṭəbēy

cut downverbH2404

hew · polish

עֵצִ֤יםʿēṣiym

gallowsnounH6086

carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···

וְ/שֹֽׁאֲבֵיwəšōʾăbēy

draw(-erconjH7579

water)

מַ֨יִם֙mayim

waternounH4325

piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···

לְ/כָלləkāl

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הָ֣/עֵדָ֔הhāʿēdāh

assemblyparticleH5712

company · congregation · multitude · people ···

כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֛רkaʾăšer

aspronH834

after · alike · because · every ···

דִּבְּר֥וּdibərw

answerverbH1696

appoint · bid · command · commune ···

לָ/הֶ֖םlāhem

pron

הַ/נְּשִׂיאִֽיםhanəśiyʾiym

captainparticleH5387

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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