Nowוְעַתָּהpleaseנָאswearהִשָּׁבְעוּto meלִיby YHWH,בַּיהוָהsinceכִּיI have shownעָשִׂיתִיloyal loveחָסֶדto you,עִמָּכֶםthat youאַתֶּםalsoגַּםwill showוַעֲשִׂיתֶםloyal loveחֶסֶדtoעִםthe houseבֵּיתof my father,אָבִיand giveוּנְתַתֶּםmeלִיa signאוֹתof truth,אֱמֶת
Joshua 2:12
Study it in the app“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,”
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Joshua 2:12, word by word
- swearהִשָּׁבְעוּhishavu
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “hishavu” appears- 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.
Where else “yhva” appears- I have shownעָשִׂיתִיasiti
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appears- loyal loveחָסֶדchased
faithfulness
Loyal love between people, faithfulness and kindness.
Where else “chased” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- of my fatherאָבִavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- and giveנְתַתֶּםnetatem
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “netatem” appears- a signאוֹתot
sign
A mark or signal that points to something.
Where else “ot” appears- of truthאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears
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.”