Joshua 9:24

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Joshua 9:24, word by word

They answeredיַּעֲנוּyaanu

answer

To reply to what was said.

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Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua

Joshua

Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).

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and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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it was certainly toldהֻגֵּדhuged

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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to your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade

your servant

"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".

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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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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had commandedצִוָּהtsiva

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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to giveתֵתtet

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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and to destroyהַשְׁמִידhashmid

destroy

Destroy completely, exterminate.

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the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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from before youפְּנֵיpene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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so we fearedנִּירָאnira

fear

To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.

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greatlyמְאֹדmeod

very

To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.

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for our livesנַפְשֹׁתֵיnafshote

life

Life, when it is at stake.

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and we didנַּעֲשֵׂהnaase

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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thingדָּבָרdavar

thing

A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.

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The context