Deuteronomy 7:2

“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.”

Deuteronomy 7:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

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

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delivers themנְתָנָnetana

hand over

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

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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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and you strike themהִכִּיתָhikita

defeat

To attack and beat in battle.

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you shall devote them completely to destructionהַחֲרֵםhacharem

devote to destruction

To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.

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makeתִכְרֹתtichrot

make a covenant

Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.

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a covenantבְּרִיתberit

covenant

The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.

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show them favorתְחָנֵּtechane

show favor

To treat someone with undeserved kindness.

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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—

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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,

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