Joshua 9:12

“This bread of ours was hot when we took it as provision from our houses on the day we set out to come to you; and now, look, it is dry and has crumbled.”

Joshua 9:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 9:12, word by word

bread of oursלַחְמֵlachme

bread

Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.

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was hotחָםcham

hot

Hot.

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when we took it as provisionהִצְטַיַּדְנוּhitstayadnu

take provisions

To take food for the journey.

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from our housesבָּתֵּיbate

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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on the dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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we set outצֵאתֵtsete

set out

To set out somewhere, or go out to war.

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to comeלֶכֶתlechet

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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it is dryיָבֵשׁyavesh

dry up

To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.

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and has crumbledהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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and has crumbledנִקֻּדִיםnikudim

crumbled

Bread or cake so dry that it crumbles into bits.

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The context

11So our elders and all the inhabitants of our land said to us, ‘Take provision in your hand for the journey and go to meet them, and say to them, “We are your servants; now make a covenant with us.”’

12 · This verse (above)

13And these wineskins that we filled new, look, they have split; and these cloaks of ours and our sandals have worn out from the very great length of the journey.”

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