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And now,וְעַתָּהlook,הִנְwe areנוּin your hand;בְיָדֶךָas it seems goodכַּטּוֹבand rightוְכַיָּשָׁרin your eyesבְּעֵינֶיךָto doלַעֲשׂוֹתto us,לָנוּdo.”עֲשֵׂה
Joshua 9:25
Study it in the app“And now, look, we are in your hand; as it seems good and right in your eyes to do to us, do.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 9:25, word by word
- in your handיָדֶyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- as it seems goodטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- and rightיָּשָׁרyashar
upright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appears- in your eyesעֵינֶיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- to doעֲשׂוֹתasot
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appears
The context
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.
25 · This verse (above)
26He did thus to them: he delivered them from the hand of the sons of Israel, and they did not kill them.