Study it in the app“For it was from YHWH to make their heart obstinate to meet Israel in battle, in order that he might devote them to destruction, so that there would be no favor for them, but in order that he might destroy them, just as YHWH had commanded Moses.”
Forכִּיit wasהָיְתָהfrom YHWHמֵאֵת יְהוָהto makeלְחַזֵּקtheir heartאֶת לִבָּםobstinateחַזֵּקto meetלִקְרַאתIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלin battle,הַמִּלְחָמָהin order thatלְמַעַןhe might devote them to destruction,הַחֲרִימָםso thatלְthere would beהֱיוֹתnoבִלְתִּיfavorתְּחִנָּהfor them,לָהֶםbutכִּיin order thatלְמַעַןhe might destroy them,הַשְׁמִידָםjust asכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhad commandedצִוָּהMoses.אֶת מֹשֶׁה
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appearsYHWH
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” appearsbe stubborn
To harden the heart, become stubborn.
Where else “chazek” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “liba” appearsgo against
To go out to meet an army in order to fight.
Where else “kerat” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsdevote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “hacharima” appearsfavor
The kind welcome or grace someone receives from another.
Where else “techina” appearsdestroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hashmida” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appearsMoses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appearsThe same is said of Pharaoh’s heart in Exodus (4:21; 14:17).
19There was not a city that made peace with the sons of Israel except the Hivite, the inhabitants of Gibeon; all they took in battle.
20 · This verse (above)
21And Joshua came at that time and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and from all the hill country of Israel; with their cities Joshua devoted them to destruction.
