Deuteronomy 31:3

“YHWH your Elohim, he is crossing over before you; he will destroy these nations from before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua, he is crossing over before you, as YHWH has spoken.”

Deuteronomy 31:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 31:3, 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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

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

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is crossing overעֹבֵרover

pass

To get over a river, or go through a land.

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before youפָנֶיfane

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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will destroyיַשְׁמִידyashmid

destroy

Destroy completely, exterminate.

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nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

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and you will dispossess themירִשְׁתָּyrishta

dispossess

To drive others out of their land.

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Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua

Joshua

Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).

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has spokenדִּבֶּרdiber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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The context

2And he said to them, “A hundred and twenty years old I am today; I am no longer able to go out and to come in, and YHWH has said to me, ‘You shall not cross this Jordan.’

3 · This verse (above)

4And YHWH will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, whom he destroyed.

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