{
"verseID": "Joshua.5.6",
"source": "כִּ֣י ׀ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֗ה הָלְכ֣וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ בַּמִּדְבָּר֒ עַד־תֹּ֨ם כָּל־הַגּ֜וֹי אַנְשֵׁ֤י הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ הַיֹּצְאִ֣ים מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־שָׁמְע֖וּ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִשְׁבַּ֤ע יְהוָה֙ לָהֶ֔ם לְבִלְתִּ֞י הַרְאוֹתָ֣ם אֶת־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁבַּ֨ע יְהוָ֤ה לֽ͏ַאֲבוֹתָם֙ לָ֣תֶת לָ֔נוּ אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָֽשׁ׃",
"text": "For *ʾarbāʿîm* *šānâ* *hāləḵû* *bənê-yiśrāʾēl* in *hammiḏbār* until *tōm* all *haggôy* *ʾanšê* *hammilḥāmâ* *hayyōṣəʾîm* from *miṣrayim* who not *šāməʿû* to *qôl* *YHWH*, who *nišbaʿ* *YHWH* to them to not *harʾôṯām* *ʾeṯ* *hāʾāreṣ* which *nišbaʿ* *YHWH* to *ʾăḇôṯām* to give to us, *ʾereṣ* *zāḇaṯ* *ḥālāḇ* *ûḏəḇāš*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾarbāʿîm*": "cardinal number - forty",
"*šānâ*": "noun feminine singular - year",
"*hāləḵû*": "3rd common plural qal perfect - they walked",
"*bənê-yiśrāʾēl*": "construct chain - sons of Israel",
"*hammiḏbār*": "definite article + noun masculine singular - the wilderness",
"*tōm*": "infinitive construct - completion of",
"*haggôy*": "definite article + noun masculine singular - the nation",
"*ʾanšê*": "noun masculine plural construct - men of",
"*hammilḥāmâ*": "definite article + noun feminine singular - the war/battle",
"*hayyōṣəʾîm*": "definite article + participle masculine plural qal - the ones coming out",
"*miṣrayim*": "proper noun - Egypt",
"*šāməʿû*": "3rd common plural qal perfect - they listened/obeyed",
"*qôl*": "noun masculine singular construct - voice of",
"*YHWH*": "divine name - LORD/Yahweh",
"*nišbaʿ*": "3rd masculine singular niphal perfect - he swore",
"*harʾôṯām*": "hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to show them",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun feminine singular - the land",
"*ʾăḇôṯām*": "noun masculine plural with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their fathers",
"*ʾereṣ*": "noun feminine singular construct - land of",
"*zāḇaṯ*": "qal participle feminine singular construct - flowing with",
"*ḥālāḇ*": "noun masculine singular - milk",
"*ûḏəḇāš*": "conjunction + noun masculine singular - and honey"
},
"variants": {
"*hāləḵû*": "they walked/traveled/journeyed",
"*tōm*": "completion/end/finishing",
"*haggôy*": "the nation/people/community",
"*ʾanšê*": "men of/warriors of",
"*hammilḥāmâ*": "the war/battle/fighting",
"*hayyōṣəʾîm*": "the ones coming out/exiting/departing",
"*šāməʿû*": "they listened/heard/obeyed",
"*qôl*": "voice/sound/command",
"*nišbaʿ*": "he swore/promised/took an oath",
"*harʾôṯām*": "to show them/to cause them to see",
"*hāʾāreṣ*": "the land/earth/ground",
"*ʾăḇôṯām*": "their fathers/ancestors/forefathers",
"*zāḇaṯ*": "flowing with/oozing with",
"*ḥālāḇ*": "milk/dairy",
"*ûḏəḇāš*": "and honey/sweetness"
}
}