Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) now 1b) in phrases">6258 [e] וְעַתָּ֖ה wə-‘at-tāh Now therefore Conj-w | Adv 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to curse 1a2) cursed be he (participle used as in curses) 1b) (Niphal) to be cursed, cursed 1c)(Piel) to curse, lay under a curse, put a curse on 1d) (Hophal) to be made a curse, be cursed">779 [e] אֲרוּרִ֣ים ’ă-rū-rîm [are] cursed V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-mp 859 [e] אַתֶּ֑ם ’at-tem; you Pro-2mp 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)">3808 [e] וְלֹֽא־ wə-lō- and none Conj-w | Adv-NegPrt 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cut off 1a1a) to cut off a body part, behead 1a2) to cut down 1a3) to hew 1a4) to cut or make a covenant 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be cut off 1b2) to be cut down 1b3) to be chewed 1b4) to be cut off, fail 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be cut off 1c2) to be cut down 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cut off 1d2) to cut off, destroy 1d3) to cut down, destroy 1d4) to take away 1d5) to permit to perish 1e) (Hophal) cut off">3772 [e] יִכָּרֵ֨ת yik-kā-rêṯ shall be freed V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that">4480 [e] מִכֶּ֜ם mik-kem of you Prep | 2mp 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] עֶ֗בֶד ‘e-ḇeḏ, from being slaves N-ms 1a) (Qal) to cut, gather (wood) 1b) (Pual) to cut, carve">2404 [e] וְחֹטְבֵ֥י wə-ḥō-ṭə-ḇê and Conj-w | V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc 1a) tree, trees 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax">6086 [e] עֵצִ֛ים ‘ê-ṣîm woodcutters N-mp 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to draw (water) 1a2) water-drawing women (participle)">7579 [e] וְשֹֽׁאֲבֵי־ wə-šō-’ă-ḇê- and Conj-w | V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc 1a) water 1b) water of the feet, urine 1c) of danger, violence, transitory things, refreshment (fig.)">4325 [e] מַ֖יִם ma-yim water carriers N-mp 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within">1004 [e] לְבֵ֥ית lə-ḇêṯ for the house Prep-l | N-msc 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] אֱלֹהָֽי׃ ’ĕ-lō-hāy. of my God N-mpc | 1cs

New American Standard Bible
"Now therefore, you are cursed, and you shall never cease being slaves, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God."

King James Bible
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore you are cursed and will always be slaves--woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."

cursed This may refer to the original curse pronounced against the descendants of Canaan: both of them seem to have implied nothing else than perpetual slavery. The gibeonites were brought, no doubt, under tribute; performed the meanest offices for the israelites; being in the same condition as the servile class of the Hindoos, called the Chetrees; had their national importance annihilated, and yet were never permitted to incorporate themselves with the Israelites.

Genesis 9:25,26 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be …

Leviticus 27:28,29 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to the …

none of you be freed [heb] not be cut off from you
hewers In the East, collecting wood for fuel, and carrying water, are the peculiar employment of females. The Arab women of Barbary, and the daughters of the Turcomans, are thus employed. Hence Mr.Harmer concludes, that the bitterness of the doom of the Gibeonites does not seem to have consisted in the labouriousness of the service enjoined them, but its disgracing them from the characteristic employment of men, that of bearing arms, and condemning them and their posterity for ever to the employment of females.

Joshua 9:21,27 And the princes said to them, Let them live; but let them be hewers …

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