Joshua 2:11

“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.”

Joshua 2:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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,

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