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Nowוְעַתָּהyou areאַתֶּםcursed,אֲרוּרִיםand there shall notוְלֹאbe cut offיִכָּרֵתfrom among youמִכֶּםslaves,עֶבֶדand cuttersוְחֹטְבֵיof woodעֵצִיםand drawersוְשֹׁאֲבֵיof waterמַיִםfor the houseלְבֵיתof my Elohim.”אֱלֹהָי
Joshua 9:23
Study it in the app“Now you are cursed, and there shall not be cut off from among you slaves, and cutters of wood and drawers of water for the house of my Elohim.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 9:23, word by word
- cursedאֲרוּרִיםarurim
curse
Curse: declare someone or something under punishment, deprived of blessing. It is the opposite of bless.
Where else “arurim” appears- be cut offיִכָּרֵתyikaret
cut off
To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.
Where else “yikaret” appears- slavesעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- and cuttersחֹטְבֵיchotve
chop wood
To chop wood, fell trees.
Where else “chotve” appears- of woodעֵצִיםetsim
wood
What is taken from a cut tree: firewood, board, rod or timber.
Where else “etsim” appears- and drawersשֹׁאֲבֵיshoave
draw water
Draw water from a well.
Where else “shoave” appears- of waterמַיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- for the houseבֵיתvet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “vet” appears- of my Elohimאֱלֹהָeloha
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “eloha” appears
The context
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?
23 · This verse (above)
24They answered Joshua and said, “Because it was certainly told to your servants that YHWH your Elohim had commanded Moses his servant to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; so we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and we did this thing.