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forכִּיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםis the one who goesהַהֹלֵךְwith youעִמָּכֶםto fightלְהִלָּחֵםfor youלָכֶםagainstעִםyour enemies,אֹיְבֵיכֶםto saveלְהוֹשִׁיעַyou.”אֶתְכֶם
Deuteronomy 20:4
Study it in the app“for YHWH your Elohim is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.””
Facing a larger army, Israel is told: do not fear, YHWH goes with youCourage
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 20:4, 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 Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is the one who goesהֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears- to fightהִלָּחֵםhilachem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” appears- your enemiesאֹיְבֵיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears- to saveהוֹשִׁיעַhoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “hoshia” appears
The context
3and say to them, “Hear, Israel: you are drawing near today to war against your enemies. Do not let your heart grow soft; do not be afraid, and do not panic, and do not be terrified before them,
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5And the supervisors shall speak to the people, saying, “Who is the man who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not die in the war and another man dedicate it.