Joshua 2:12

“Now 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,”

Joshua 2:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 2:12, word by word

swearהִשָּׁבְעוּhishavu

swear

To promise with God as witness.

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by YHWHיהוָהyhva

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.

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I have shownעָשִׂיתִיasiti

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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loyal loveחָסֶדchased

faithfulness

Loyal love between people, faithfulness and kindness.

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the houseבֵּיתbet

household

The family, everyone living under one roof.

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of my fatherאָבִavi

father

The man who begets a child and heads his household.

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and giveנְתַתֶּםnetatem

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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a signאוֹתot

sign

A mark or signal that points to something.

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of truthאֱמֶתemet

truth

What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.

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The context

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.

12 · This verse (above)

13that you will keep alive my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death.”

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