Joshua 9:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּנְעָל֨וֹת בָּל֤וֹת וּמְטֻלָּאוֹת֙ בְּרַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם וּשְׂלָמ֥וֹת בָּל֖וֹת עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְכֹל֙ לֶ֣חֶם צֵידָ֔ם יָבֵ֖שׁ הָיָ֥ה נִקֻּדִֽים

Transliteration

And-nəʿālôṯ bālôṯ and-məṭullāʾôṯ on-raḡlê-them and-śəlāmôṯ bālôṯ upon-them and-all leḥem ṣêḏām yāḇēš was niqqūḏîm

Grammar Details

*nəʿālôṯ*: feminine plural - sandals
*bālôṯ*: feminine plural adjective - worn out/old
*məṭullāʾôṯ*: Pual participle feminine plural - patched
*raḡlê*: feminine dual construct - feet of
*śəlāmôṯ*: feminine plural - garments/clothes
*leḥem*: masculine singular construct - bread of
*ṣêḏām*: masculine singular + 3rd masculine plural suffix - their provision
*yāḇēš*: masculine singular adjective - dry
*niqqūḏîm*: masculine plural - crumbled/moldy

Word Meanings

*bālôṯ*: worn out/old/tattered
*məṭullāʾôṯ*: patched/mended
*śəlāmôṯ*: garments/clothes/outer garments
*yāḇēš*: dry/stale
*niqqūḏîm*: crumbled/moldy/spotted with mold

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Luke 15:22 : 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
Deut 29:5 : 5 And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.
Deut 33:25 : 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
Josh 9:13 : 13 And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.

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