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They saidוַיֹּאמְרוּtoאֶלJoshua,יְהוֹשֻׁעַ“We areאֲנָחְנוּyour servants.”עֲבָדֶיךָAnd Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַsaidיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵהֶם“Whoמִיare you,אַתֶּםand whereוּמֵאַיִןdo you come from?”תָּבֹאוּ
Joshua 9:8
Study it in the app“They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” And Joshua said to them, “Who are you, and where do you come from?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 9:8, word by word
- They saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- 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).
Where else “yehoshua” appears- your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avade” appears- and whereאַיִןayin
where from?
Where from? From what place?
Where else “ayin” appears- do you come fromתָּבֹאוּtavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavou” appears
The context
7The men of Israel said to the Hivite, “Perhaps you live among us; then how can we make a covenant with you?”
8 · This verse (above)
9They said to him, “From a land very far away your servants have come because of the name of YHWH your Elohim; for we have heard of his fame and all that he did in Egypt,