Deuteronomy 19:1

“When YHWH your Elohim cuts off the nations whose land YHWH your Elohim is giving you, and you dispossess them and live in their cities and in their houses,”

Deuteronomy 19:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 19:1, word by word

YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
cuts offיַכְרִיתyachrit

cut off

To wipe out, or be shut out from the people.

Where else “yachrit” appears
the nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

Where else “goyim” appears
landאַרְצָartsa

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “artsa” appears
is givingנֹתֵןnoten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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and you dispossess themירִשְׁתָּyrishta

dispossess

To drive others out of their land.

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and liveיָשַׁבְתָּyashavta

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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in their citiesעָרֵיare

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

Where else “are” appears
and in their housesבָתֵּיvate

house

A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.

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2you shall set apart for yourself three cities in the midst of your land that YHWH your Elohim is giving you to possess it.

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