1a) (Qal) 1a1) to answer, respond to 1a2) to testify, respond as a witness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to make answer 1b2) to be answered, receive answer 2) (Qal) to sing, utter tunefully 3) (Qal) to dwell">6030 [e]   24 way·ya·‘ă·nū   24 וַיַּעֲנ֨וּ    24 So they answered   24 Conj‑w | V‑Qal‑ConsecImperf‑3mp   24

853 [e] ’eṯ- אֶת־  -  DirObjM

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n pr m 1) son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan 2) a resident of Beth-shemesh on whose land the Ark of the Covenant came to a stop after the Philistines returned it 3) son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration 4) governor of Jerusalem under king Josiah who gave his name to a gate of the city of Jerusalem">3091 [e] yə·hō·wō·šu·a‘ יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ Joshua N‑proper‑ms

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1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch">559 [e] way·yō·mə·rū, וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ and said Conj‑w | V‑Qal‑ConsecImperf‑3mp

1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore">3588 [e] kî כִּי֩ because Conj

1a) (Hiphil) to tell, declare 1a1) to tell, announce, report 1a2) to declare, make known, expound 1a3) to inform of 1a4) to publish, declare, proclaim 1a5) to avow, acknowledge, confess 1a5a) messenger (participle) 1b) (Hophal) to be told, be announced, be reported">5046 [e] hug·gêḏ הֻגֵּ֨ד clearly V‑Hofal‑InfAbs

1a) (Hiphil) to tell, declare 1a1) to tell, announce, report 1a2) to declare, make known, expound 1a3) to inform of 1a4) to publish, declare, proclaim 1a5) to avow, acknowledge, confess 1a5a) messenger (participle) 1b) (Hophal) to be told, be announced, be reported">5046 [e] hug·gaḏ הֻגַּ֤ד were told V‑Hofal‑Perf‑3ms

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1a) slave, servant, man-servant 1b) subjects 1c) servants, worshippers (of God) 1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc) 1e) servant (of Israel) 1f) servant (as form of address between equals)">5650 [e] la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā לַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ your servants Prep‑l | N‑mpc | 2ms

853 [e] ’êṯ אֵת֩  -  DirObjM

1a) which, who 1b) that which 2) (conj) 2a) that (in obj clause) 2b) when 2c) since 2d) as 2e) conditional if">834 [e] ’ă·šer אֲשֶׁ֨ר that Pro‑r

1a)(Piel) 1a1) to lay charge upon 1a2) to give charge to, give command to 1a3) to give charge unto 1a4) to give charge over, appoint 1a5) to give charge, command 1a6) to charge, command 1a7) to charge, commission 1a8) to command, appoint, ordain (of divine act) 1b) (Pual) to be commanded">6680 [e] ṣiw·wāh צִוָּ֜ה commanded V‑Piel‑Perf‑3ms

1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136">3068 [e] Yah·weh יְהוָ֤ה Yahweh N‑proper‑ms

1a) rulers, judges 1b) divine ones 1c) angels 1d) gods 2) (plural intensive-singular meaning) 2a) god, goddess 2b) godlike one 2c) works or special possessions of God 2d) the (true) God 2e) God">430 [e] ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ your God N‑mpc | 2ms

853 [e] ’eṯ- אֶת־  -  DirObjM

1) the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus">4872 [e] mō·šeh מֹשֶׁ֣ה Moses N‑proper‑ms

1a) slave, servant, man-servant 1b) subjects 1c) servants, worshippers (of God) 1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc) 1e) servant (of Israel) 1f) servant (as form of address between equals)">5650 [e] ‘aḇ·dōw, עַבְדּ֔וֹ His servant N‑msc | 3ms

1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon">5414 [e] lā·ṯêṯ לָתֵ֤ת to give Prep‑l | V‑Qal‑Inf

lā·ḵem לָכֶם֙ you Prep | 2mp

853 [e] ’eṯ- אֶת־  -  DirObjM

1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything">3605 [e] kāl- כָּל־ all N‑msc

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1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan">776 [e] hā·’ā·reṣ, הָאָ֔רֶץ the land Art | N‑fs

1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to be annihilated, be exterminated 1a2) to be destroyed, be devastated 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to annihilate, exterminate 1b2) to destroy">8045 [e] ū·lə·haš·mîḏ וּלְהַשְׁמִ֛יד and to destroy Conj‑w, Prep‑l | V‑Hifil‑Inf

853 [e] ’eṯ- אֶת־  -  DirObjM

1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything">3605 [e] kāl- כָּל־ all N‑msc

1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sit, sit down 1a2) to be set 1a3) to remain, stay 1a4) to dwell, have one's abode 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited 1c) (Piel) to set, place 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to sit 1d2) to cause to abide, set 1d3) to cause to dwell 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited 1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to) 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be inhabited 1e2) to make to dwell">3427 [e] yō·šə·ḇê יֹשְׁבֵ֥י the inhabitants V‑Qal‑Prtcpl‑mpc

1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan">776 [e] hā·’ā·reṣ הָאָ֖רֶץ of the land Art | N‑fs

1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of">6440 [e] mip·pə·nê·ḵem; מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑ם from before you Prep‑m | N‑mpc | 2mp

1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fear, be afraid 1a2) to stand in awe of, be awed 1a3) to fear, reverence, honour, respect 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be fearful, be dreadful, be feared 1b2) to cause astonishment and awe, be held in awe 1b3) to inspire reverence or godly fear or awe 1c) (Piel) to make afraid, terrify 2) (TWOT) to shoot, pour">3372 [e] wan·nî·rā וַנִּירָ֨א therefore we were afraid Conj‑w | V‑Qal‑ConsecImperf‑1cp

1) exceedingly, much subst 2) might, force, abundance n m 3) muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly 3a) force, might 3b) exceedingly, greatly, very (idioms showing magnitude or degree) 3b1) exceedingly 3b2) up to abundance, to a great degree, exceedingly 3b3) with muchness, muchness">3966 [e] mə·’ōḏ מְאֹ֤ד very much Adv

1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious">5315 [e] lə·nap̄·šō·ṯê·nū לְנַפְשֹׁתֵ֙ינוּ֙ for our lives Prep‑l | N‑fpc | 1cp

1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of">6440 [e] mip·pə·nê·ḵem, מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם because of you Prep‑m | N‑mpc | 2mp

1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze">6213 [e] wan·na·‘ă·śêh וַֽנַּעֲשֵׂ֖ה and have done Conj‑w | V‑Qal‑ConsecImperf‑1cp

853 [e] ’eṯ- אֶת־  -  DirObjM

1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)">1697 [e] had·dā·ḇār הַדָּבָ֥ר thing Art | N‑ms

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1a) (alone) 1a1) this one 1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another 1b) (appos to subst) 1b1) this 1c) (as predicate) 1c1) this, such 1d) (enclitically) 1d1) then 1d2) who, whom 1d3) how now, what now 1d4) what now 1d5) wherefore now 1d6) behold here 1d7) just now 1d8) now, now already 1e) (poetry) 1e1) wherein, which, those who 1f) (with prefixes) 1f1) in this (place) here, then 1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter 1f3) thus and thus 1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus 1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side 1f6) on this account 1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how">2088 [e] haz·zeh. הַזֶּֽה׃ this Art | Pro‑ms

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Gibeonites answered him, “ It was clearly communicated to your servants that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you. We greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we did this.

New American Standard Bible
So they answered Joshua and said, "Because it was certainly told your servants that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you; therefore we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

King James Bible
And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. International Standard Version
They replied to Joshua, "Because your servants had been informed that the LORD your God had certainly commanded his servant Moses to give you the entire land and to destroy all of the inhabitants of the land before you. So we were terrified for our lives because of you. That's why we did this.

American Standard Version
And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that Jehovah thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

Young's Literal Translation
And they answer Joshua and say, 'Because it was certainly declared to thy servants, that Jehovah thy God commanded Moses His servant to give to you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; and we fear greatly for ourselves because of you, and we do this thing;Joshua 9:24 • Joshua 9:24 NIV • Joshua 9:24 NLT • Joshua 9:24 ESV • Joshua 9:24 NASB • Joshua 9:24 KJV • Joshua 9:24 Commentaries • Joshua 9:24 Bible Apps • Joshua 9:24 Biblia Paralela • Joshua 9:24 Chinese Bible • Joshua 9:24 French Bible • Joshua 9:24 German Bible

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