Deuteronomy 3:2

“YHWH said to me, “Do not fear him, for into your hand I have given him and all his people and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.””

Deuteronomy 3:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 3:2, 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
saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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fearתִּירָאtira

fear

To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.

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into your handיָדְyad

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

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I have givenנָתַתִּיnatati

hand over

To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.

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his peopleעַמּam

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

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and his landאַרְצarts

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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and you shall doעָשִׂיתָasita

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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to Sihonסִיחֹןsichon

Sihon

Sihon, king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon. The name means "stormy."

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kingמֶלֶךְmelech

king

A king who rules a people.

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of the Amoritesאֱמֹרִיemori

Amorite

Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.

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who livedיוֹשֵׁבyoshev

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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in Heshbonחֶשְׁבּוֹןcheshbon

Heshbon

Heshbon, a city east of the Jordan, the capital of King Sihon.

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The context

1Then we turned and went up by the way to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan came out to meet us, he and all his people, for war at Edrei.

2 · This verse (above)

3So YHWH our Elohim gave into our hand also Og king of Bashan and all his people, and we struck him until no survivor was left to him.

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