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Joshua 9:27

“And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

נָתַןnâthan · naw-than'
H5414 · Hebrew
Definition
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּתְּנֵ֨ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
  • ם — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code HC/Vqw3ms/Sp3mp
Usage
Occurs 2,015 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 1:17Genesis 1:29Genesis 3:6Genesis 3:12Genesis 3:12

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 26

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.