We heard it,וַנִּשְׁמַעandוַour heartלְבָבֵנוּmelted,יִּמַּסand there did notוְלֹאremainקָמָהany moreעוֹדspiritרוּחַin any manבְּאִישׁbecause of you,מִפְּנֵיכֶםforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohim,אֱלֹהֵיכֶםhe isהוּאElohimאֱלֹהִיםin the heavensבַּשָּׁמַיִםaboveמִמַּעַלand onוְעַלthe earthהָאָרֶץbelow.מִתָּחַת
Joshua 2:11
Study it in the app“We 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 2:11, word by word
- We heard itנִּשְׁמַעnishma
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “nishma” appears- our heartלְבָבֵlevave
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levave” appears- meltedיִּמַּסyimas
lose heart
To lose courage and strength from fear, as if the heart melted.
Where else “yimas” appears- remainקָמָהkama
stand firm
To hold firm, be fulfilled.
Where else “kama” appears- spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- in any manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- because of youפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- in the heavensשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears- aboveמַּעַלmaal
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “maal” appears- the earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
10For 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.
11 · This verse (above)
12Now please swear to me by YHWH, since I have shown loyal love to you, that you also will show loyal love to the house of my father, and give me a sign of truth,