And the princes
nasiy' (naw-see')
an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist -- captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
unto them Let them live
chayah (khaw-yaw')
to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
but let them be hewers
chatab (khaw-tab')
to chop or carve wood -- cut down, hew(-er), polish.
of wood
`ets (ates)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
and drawers
sha'ab (sahw-ab')
to bale up water -- (woman to) draw(-er, water).
of water
mayim (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
unto all the congregation
`edah (ay-daw')
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd) -- assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm.
as the princes
nasiy' (naw-see')
an exalted one, i.e. a king or sheik; also a rising mist -- captain, chief, cloud, governor, prince, ruler, vapour.
had promised
dabar (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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