Forכִּיwe have heardשָׁמַעְנוּhowאֵת אֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהdried upהוֹבִישׁthe waterאֶת מֵיof the Seaיַםof Reedsסוּףbefore youמִפְּנֵיכֶםwhen you came outבְּצֵאתְכֶםof Egypt,מִמִּצְרָיִםand whatוַאֲשֶׁרyou didעֲשִׂיתֶםto the twoלִשְׁנֵיkingsמַלְכֵיof the Amoriteהָאֱמֹרִיwho wereאֲשֶׁרbeyondבְּעֵבֶרthe Jordan,הַיַּרְדֵּןto Sihonלְסִיחֹןand to Og,וּלְעוֹגwhomאֲשֶׁר אוֹתָםyou devoted to destruction.הֶחֱרַמְתֶּם
Joshua 2:10
Study it in the app“For we have heard how YHWH dried up the water of the Sea of Reeds before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorite who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and to Og, whom you devoted to destruction.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 2:10, word by word
- we have heardשָׁמַעְנוּshamanu
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shamanu” 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- dried upהוֹבִישׁhovish
dry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “hovish” appears- the waterמֵיme
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “me” appears- of the Seaיַםyam
sea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appears- of Reedsסוּףsuf
reed
Tall shore plants; "the Sea of Rushes".
Where else “suf” appears- before youפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- when you came outצֵאתְtset
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tset” appears- of Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- you didעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asitem” appears- to the twoשְׁנֵיshene
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appears- kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears- of the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- beyondעֵבֶרever
beyond
Past the river, especially the Jordan.
Where else “ever” appears- the Jordanיַּרְדֵּןyarden
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appears- to Sihonסִיחֹןsichon
Sihon
Sihon, king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon. The name means "stormy."
Where else “sichon” appears- and to Ogעוֹגog
Og
Og, king of Bashan. The name perhaps means "round."
Where else “og” appears- you devoted to destructionהֶחֱרַמְתֶּםhecheramtem
devote to destruction
To give something wholly to YHWH, often by destroying it.
Where else “hecheramtem” appears
Places in this verse
1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
9and she said to the men, “I know that YHWH has given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before you.
10 · This verse (above)
11We heard it, and our heart melted, and there did not remain any more spirit in any man because of you, for YHWH your Elohim, he is Elohim in the heavens above and on the earth below.