and YHWHוּ יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָdelivers themנְתָנָםbefore youלְפָנֶיךָand you strike them,וְהִכִּיתָםyou shall devote them completely to destruction.הַחֲרֵם תַּחֲרִים אֹתָםYou shall notלֹאmakeתִכְרֹתa covenantבְּרִיתwith themלָהֶםorוְלֹאshow them favor.תְחָנֵּם
Deuteronomy 7:2
Study it in the app“and YHWH your Elohim delivers them before you and you strike them, you shall devote them completely to destruction. You shall not make a covenant with them or show them favor.”
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Deuteronomy 7:2, word by word
- and 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- delivers themנְתָנָnetana
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “netana” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- and you strike themהִכִּיתָhikita
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “hikita” appears- you shall devote them completely to destructionהַחֲרֵםhacharem
devote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “hacharem” appears- makeתִכְרֹתtichrot
make a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “tichrot” appears- a covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- show them favorתְחָנֵּtechane
show favor
To treat someone with undeserved kindness.
Where else “techane” appears
The context
1When YHWH your Elohim brings you into the land into which you are going to take possession of it, and clears away many nations from before you —the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations more numerous and mightier than you—
2 · This verse (above)
3You shall not intermarry with them: your daughter you shall not give to his son, and his daughter you shall not take for your son,