Study it in the app“The 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.”
The chiefsהַנְּשִׂיאִיםsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“Let them live.”יִחְיוּSo they becameוַיִּהְיוּcuttersחֹטְבֵיof woodעֵצִיםand drawersוְשֹׁאֲבֵיof waterמַיִםfor allלְכָלthe community,הָעֵדָהjust asכַּאֲשֶׁרthe chiefsהַנְּשִׂיאִיםhad spokenדִּבְּרוּto them.לָהֶם
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesiim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearslive
To have breath and remain in this world, not die.
Where else “yichyu” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yihyu” appearschop wood
To chop wood, fell trees.
Where else “chotve” appearswood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appearsdraw water
Draw water from a well.
Where else “shoave” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearscommunity
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibru” appearsDeuteronomy 29:11 already mentions the foreigner who cuts the wood and draws the water in the camp.
20This 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.”
21 · This verse (above)
22Joshua called them and spoke to them, saying, “Why did you deceive us, saying, ‘We are very far from you,’ when you live among us?
