Joshua 9:21
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
חָיָה
châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
עֵדָה
ʻêdâh
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
שַׂר
sar
a head person (of any rank or class)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Key Terms in This Verse
דָבַר dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Study H1696 →חָיָה châyâh
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
Study H2421 →עֵדָה ʻêdâh
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
Study H5712 →Cross References
Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:
And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them.
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