But YHWHוּ יְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָwill deliver themנְתָנָםbefore youלְפָנֶיךָand throw them intoוְהָמָםgreatגְדֹלָהconfusionמְהוּמָהuntilעַדthey are destroyed.הִשָּׁמְדָם
Deuteronomy 7:23
Study it in the app“But YHWH your Elohim will deliver them before you and throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 7:23, word by word
- But 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- will deliver 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 throw them intoהָמָhama
throw into confusion
God strikes the enemy with panic.
Where else “hama” appears- greatגְדֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- confusionמְהוּמָהmehuma
confusion, panic
Confusion: disorder and panic that make an army flee.
Where else “mehuma” appears- they are destroyedהִשָּׁמְדָhishamda
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hishamda” appears
The context
22YHWH your Elohim will clear away these nations from before you little by little; you will not be able to finish them off quickly, lest the animals of the field multiply against you.
23 · This verse (above)
24He will deliver their kings into your hand, and you will make their name perish from under the heavens; no man will stand before you until you have destroyed them.