Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThe Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this. Young's Literal Translation And they answer Joshua and say, ‘Because it was certainly declared to thy servants, that Jehovah thy God commanded Moses His servant to give to you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; and we fear greatly for ourselves because of you, and we do this thing; King James Bible And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. Hebrew The Gibeonites answered,וַיַּעֲנ֨וּ (way·ya·‘ă·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 6030: To answer, respond “Your servants לַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ (la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant were told הֻגַּ֤ד (hug·gaḏ) Verb - Hofal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous clearly הֻגֵּ֨ד (hug·gêḏ) Verb - Hofal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous that אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD יְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative had commanded צִוָּ֜ה (ṣiw·wāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order His servant עַבְדּ֔וֹ (‘aḇ·dōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5650: Slave, servant Moses מֹשֶׁ֣ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver to give לָתֵ֤ת (lā·ṯêṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5414: To give, put, set you all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the land הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and wipe out וּלְהַשְׁמִ֛יד (ū·lə·haš·mîḏ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 8045: To be exterminated or destroyed all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every its inhabitants יֹשְׁבֵ֥י (yō·šə·ḇê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry before you. מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑ם (mip·pə·nê·ḵem) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 6440: The face So we greatly מְאֹ֤ד (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily feared וַנִּירָ֨א (wan·nî·rā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten for our lives לְנַפְשֹׁתֵ֙ינוּ֙ (lə·nap̄·šō·ṯê·nū) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion because of you, מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם (mip·pə·nê·ḵem) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 6440: The face and that is why we have done וַֽנַּעֲשֵׂ֖ה (wan·na·‘ă·śêh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 6213: To do, make this. הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that |
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