Joshua 9:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְלֹ֤א הִכּוּם֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּֽי־נִשְׁבְּע֤וּ לָהֶם֙ נְשִׂיאֵ֣י הָֽעֵדָ֔ה בַּֽיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּלֹּ֥נוּ כָל־הָעֵדָ֖ה עַל־הַנְּשִׂיאִֽים

Transliteration

And-not they-hikkûm bənê yiśrāʾēl because-nišbəʿû to-them nəśîʾê the-ʿēḏâ by-YHWH ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl and-they-yillōnû all-the-ʿēḏâ against-the-nəśîʾîm

Grammar Details

*hikkûm*: Hiphil perfect 3rd common plural + 3rd masculine plural suffix - they struck them
*bənê*: masculine plural construct - children/sons of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*nišbəʿû*: Niphal perfect 3rd common plural - they had sworn
*nəśîʾê*: masculine plural construct - leaders of
*ʿēḏâ*: feminine singular - congregation
*YHWH*: divine name - Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhê*: masculine plural construct - God of
*yillōnû*: Niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - they murmured
*nəśîʾîm*: masculine plural - leaders

Word Meanings

*hikkûm*: struck them/attacked them/killed them
*bənê*: sons/children/people
*nəśîʾê*: leaders/chiefs/princes
*yillōnû*: murmured/grumbled/complained

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 15:4 : 4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
Eccl 5:2 : 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Eccl 5:6 : 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
Eccl 9:2 : 2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
2 Sam 21:7 : 7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD'S oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

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