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Thisזֹאתwe will doנַעֲשֶׂהto them:לָהֶםwe will let them live,וְהַחֲיֵה אוֹתָםandוְthere will beיִהְיֶהnoלֹאwrathקֶצֶףon usעָלֵינוּbecause ofעַלthe oathהַשְּׁבוּעָהthatאֲשֶׁרwe sworeנִשְׁבַּעְנוּto them.”לָהֶם
Joshua 9:20
Study it in the app“This we will do to them: we will let them live, and there will be no wrath on us because of the oath that we swore to them.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 9:20, word by word
- we will doנַעֲשֶׂהnaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naase” appears- we will let them liveהַחֲיֵהhachaye
keep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “hachaye” appears- there will beיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- wrathקֶצֶףketsef
wrath
A violent anger poured out on someone, above all YHWH's.
Where else “ketsef” appears- the oathשְּׁבוּעָהshevua
oath
Oath: a solemn promise sworn in someone's name.
Where else “shevua” appears- we sworeנִשְׁבַּעְנוּnishbanu
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “nishbanu” appears
The context
19All the chiefs said to all the community, “We have sworn to them by YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.
20 · This verse (above)
21The chiefs said to them, “Let them live.” So they became cutters of wood and drawers of water for all the community, just as the chiefs had spoken to them.