Joshua 22:29

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חָלִילָה֩ לָּ֨נוּ מִמֶּ֜נּוּ לִמְרֹ֣ד בַּֽיהוָ֗ה וְלָשׁ֤וּב הַיּוֹם֙ מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לִבְנ֣וֹת מִזְבֵּ֔חַ לְעֹלָ֖ה לְמִנְחָ֣ה וּלְזָ֑בַח מִלְּבַ֗ד מִזְבַּח֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ אֲשֶׁ֖ר לִפְנֵ֥י מִשְׁכָּנֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Far-be-it-ḥālîlāh to-us-lānû from-us-mimmennû to-rebel-limrōd against-YHWH-baYHWH and-to-turn-away-wəlāšûv the-day-hayyôm from-after-mēʾaḥărê YHWH to-build-livnôt altar-mizbeaḥ for-burnt-offering-ləʿōlāh for-grain-offering-ləminḥāh and-for-sacrifice-ûləzāvaḥ apart-from-milləvad altar-mizbaḥ YHWH our-God-ʾĕlōhênû which-ʾăšer before-lipnê his-tabernacle-miškānô

Grammar Details

*ḥālîlāh*: interjection - far be it, God forbid
*lānû*: preposition with 1st plural suffix - to/for us
*mimmennû*: preposition with 1st plural suffix - from us
*limrōd*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to rebel
*baYHWH*: preposition + divine name - against YHWH
*wəlāšûv*: conjunction + preposition + qal infinitive construct - and to turn away
*hayyôm*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the day, today
*mēʾaḥărê*: preposition + preposition with construct - from after
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
*livnôt*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to build
*mizbeaḥ*: noun, masculine singular - altar
*ləʿōlāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - for burnt offering
*ləminḥāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - for grain offering
*ûləzāvaḥ*: conjunction + preposition + noun, masculine singular - and for sacrifice
*milləvad*: preposition + preposition - apart from, besides
*mizbaḥ*: noun, masculine singular construct - altar of
*ʾĕlōhênû*: noun, masculine plural construct with 1st plural suffix - our God
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which, that
*lipnê*: preposition + masculine plural construct - before
*miškānô*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his tabernacle

Word Meanings

*ḥālîlāh*: far be it, God forbid, profanation
*limrōd*: to rebel, to revolt, to be contentious
*lāšûv*: to turn away, to return, to abandon
*mizbeaḥ*: altar, place of sacrifice
*ʿōlāh*: burnt offering, that which ascends
*minḥāh*: grain offering, tribute, gift
*zāvaḥ*: sacrifice, slaughtered offering
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God, gods, divine beings
*miškān*: tabernacle, dwelling place, sanctuary

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Referenced Verses

Josh 24:16 : 16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
Deut 12:13-14 : 13 Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: 14 But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
Josh 22:23 : 23 That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;
Josh 22:26 : 26 Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice:
Gen 44:7 : 7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
Gen 44:17 : 17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
1 Sam 12:23 : 23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
1 Kgs 21:3 : 3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.
2 Kgs 18:22 : 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
2 Chr 32:12 : 12 Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?
Rom 3:6 : 6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
Rom 6:2 : 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
Rom 9:14 : 14 What shall we say then ? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

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