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The menהָאֲנָשִׁיםtookוַיִּקְחוּof their provision,מִצֵּידָםbut they did notוְ לֹאaskשָׁאָלוּthe mouthאֶת פִּיof YHWH.יְהוָה
Joshua 9:14
Study it in the app“The men took of their provision, but they did not ask the mouth of YHWH.”
Israel's men accept the Gibeonites' provisions without asking YHWHGod guides
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Joshua 9:14, word by word
- The menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- tookיִּקְחוּyikchu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikchu” appears- of their provisionצֵּידָtseda
provision
The food people live on: what is carried and eaten.
Where else “tseda” appears- askשָׁאָלוּshaalu
inquire
To ask YHWH what to do.
Where else “shaalu” appears- the mouthפִּיpi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears
Translation note
“Asking the mouth of YHWH” is consulting him before deciding (see Numbers 27:21).
The context
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.”
14 · This verse (above)
15Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the chiefs of the community swore to them.