The Meaning of Joshua 9:12 Explained

Joshua 9:12

KJV: This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy:

YLT: this our bread -- hot we provided ourselves with it out of our houses, on the day of our coming out to go unto you, and now, lo, it is dry, and hath been crumbs;

Darby: This our bread we took warm for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; and now, behold, it is dry, and is become mouldy.

ASV: This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and is become mouldy:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

This our bread  we took hot  [for] our provision  out of our houses  on the day  we came forth  to go  unto you; but now, behold, it is dry,  and it is mouldy: 

What does Joshua 9:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Joshua 9:1-15 - Deceived By The Gibeonites
The presence of common peril forced the nations of Canaan to combine for self-preservation. Would that the various sections of the visible Church might see their way to a similar policy in view of the evil in the world!
Gibeon lay five miles north of Jerusalem. The name means "built on a hill." The Church has suffered more from the wiles of the devil than from his attacks. The deceitfulness of sin is most to be dreaded. Better to meet Caiaphas than Judas, and a black devil than a white one.
How often we act without asking the counsel of God! Yet when once an oath is taken which does not absolutely conflict with morality, God holds us to it, 2 Samuel 21:1. By this impressive instance we are taught to wait on God before making our decisions, which are apt to become irrevocable, Psalms 127:2. [source]

Chapter Summary: Joshua 9

1  The kings combine against Israel
3  The Gibeonites by craft obtain a league
22  They are condemned to perpetual bondage

What do the individual words in Joshua 9:12 mean?

This bread of ours hot we took [for] our provision out from our houses on the day we departed to come to you but now look it is dry and moldy
זֶ֣ה ׀ לַחְמֵ֗נוּ חָ֞ם הִצְטַיַּ֤דְנוּ אֹתוֹ֙ מִבָּ֣תֵּ֔ינוּ בְּי֥וֹם צֵאתֵ֖נוּ לָלֶ֣כֶת אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם וְעַתָּה֙ הִנֵּ֣ה יָבֵ֔שׁ וְהָיָ֖ה נִקֻּדִֽים

זֶ֣ה ׀  This 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
לַחְמֵ֗נוּ  bread  of  ours 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common plural
Root: לֶחֶם  
Sense: bread, food, grain.
חָ֞ם  hot 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: חָם  
Sense: hot, warm.
הִצְטַיַּ֤דְנוּ  we  took  [for]  our  provision 
Parse: Verb, Hitpael, Perfect, first person common plural
Root: צוּד 
Sense: to hunt.
אֹתוֹ֙  out 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵת 
Sense: with, near, together with.
מִבָּ֣תֵּ֔ינוּ  from  our  houses 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
בְּי֥וֹם  on  the  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
צֵאתֵ֖נוּ  we  departed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, first person common plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
לָלֶ֣כֶת  to  come 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם  to  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine plural
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
וְעַתָּה֙  but  now 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: עַתָּה  
Sense: now.
הִנֵּ֣ה  look 
Parse: Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
יָבֵ֔שׁ  it  is  dry 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָבֵשׁ  
Sense: to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered.
נִקֻּדִֽים  moldy 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: נִקֻּדִים  
Sense: crumbled thing, thing easily crumbled, crumbs.

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