And now,וְעַתָּהgiveתְּנָהmeלִּיthisהַזֶּהhill countryהָהָרof whichאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהspokeדִּבֶּרon thatבַּ הַהוּאday,יּוֹםforכִּיyouאַתָּהheardשָׁמַעְתָּon thatבַ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםthatכִּיAnakimעֲנָקִיםarethere,שָׁםand cities,וְעָרִיםgreatגְּדֹלוֹתandfortified.בְּצֻרוֹתPerhapsאוּלַיYHWHיְהוָהwill bewith me,אוֹתִיand I will dispossess them,וְהוֹרַשְׁתִּיםjust asכַּאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהspoke.”דִּבֶּר
Joshua 14:12
Study it in the app“And now, give me this hill country of which YHWH spoke on that day, for you heard on that day that Anakim are there, and cities, great and fortified. Perhaps YHWH will be with me, and I will dispossess them, just as YHWH spoke.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 14:12, word by word
- giveתְּנָtena
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tena” appears- hill countryהָרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- 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- spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- heardשָׁמַעְתָּshamata
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamata” appears- Anakimעֲנָקִיםanakim
Anakite
Anakite: a descendant of Anak, a people of very tall men who lived in Canaan.
Where else “anakim” appears- and citiesעָרִיםarim
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “arim” appears- greatגְּדֹלוֹתgedolot
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedolot” appears- fortifiedבְּצֻרוֹתbetsurot
fortify
To surround a city with walls.
Where else “betsurot” appears- Perhapsאוּלַיulay
perhaps
Perhaps, maybe.
Where else “ulay” appears- and I will dispossess themהוֹרַשְׁתִּיhorashti
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “horashti” appears
The context
11I am still strong today as on the day Moses sent me; as my strength was then, so my strength is now, for war and for going out and for coming in.
12 · This verse (above)
13And Joshua blessed him, and he gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh as an inheritance.