And they saidוַיֹּאמְרוּtoאֶלJoshua,יְהוֹשֻׁעַ“YHWHיְהוָהhas givenנָתַןinto our handבְּיָדֵנוּallאֶת כָּלthe land;הָאָרֶץand alsoוְגַםallכָּלthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof the landהָאָרֶץhave melted awayנָמֹגוּbefore us.”מִפָּנֵינוּ
Joshua 2:24
Study it in the app“And they said to Joshua, “YHWH has given into our hand all the land; and also all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before us.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 2:24, word by word
- And they saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua
Joshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” 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- has givenנָתַןnatan
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “natan” appears- into our handיָדֵyade
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yade” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appears- have melted awayנָמֹגוּnamogu
lose heart
To lose courage from fear, to be left without strength.
Where else “namogu” appears- before usפָּנֵיpane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pane” appears
The context
23Then the two men returned and came down from the hill country and crossed over and came to Joshua son of Nun, and they told him all that had happened to them.
24 · This verse (above)