Study it in the app“but you shall surely devote them to destruction: the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, as YHWH your Elohim has commanded you,”
butכִּיyou shall surelyהַחֲרֵםdevote them to destruction:תַּחֲרִימֵםthe Hittiteהַחִתִּיand the Amorite,וְהָאֱמֹרִיthe Canaaniteהַכְּנַעֲנִיand the Perizzite,וְהַפְּרִזִּיthe Hiviteהַחִוִּיand the Jebusite,וְהַיְבוּסִיasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָhas commanded you,צִוְּךָ
devote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “hacharem” appearsHittite
Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chiti” appearsAmorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appearsCanaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appearsPerizzite
Perizzite: one of the peoples that lived in Canaan before Israel.
Where else “perizi” appearsHivite
Hivite: one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chivi” appearsJebusite
Jebusite: a people of Canaan that lived in Jerusalem before David.
Where else “yevusi” appearsYHWH
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiv” appears16But from the cities of these peoples that YHWH your Elohim is giving you as an inheritance, you shall not let live anything that breathes,
17 · This verse (above)
18so that they do not teach you to do according to all their abominations that they have done for their gods, and you sin against YHWH your Elohim.
