YHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֶיךָheהוּאis crossing overעֹבֵרbefore you;לְפָנֶיךָheהוּאwill destroyיַשְׁמִידtheseהָאֵלֶּהnationsהַגּוֹיִםfrom before you,מִלְּפָנֶיךָand you will dispossess them.וִירִשְׁתָּםJoshua,יְהוֹשֻׁעַheהוּאis crossing overעֹבֵרbefore you,לְפָנֶיךָasכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas spoken.דִּבֶּר
Deuteronomy 31:3
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- is crossing overעֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- will destroyיַשְׁמִידyashmid
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “yashmid” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- and you will dispossess themירִשְׁתָּyrishta
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “yrishta” appears- 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).
Where else “yehoshua” appears- has spokenדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears
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.