Joshua 2:9

“and she said to the men, “I know that YHWH has given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before you.”

Joshua 2:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Joshua 2:9, word by word

and she saidתֹּאמֶרtomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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“I knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati

know

To know something, realize.

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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.

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has givenנָתַןnatan

give

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

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the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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the terror of youאֵימַתְemat

terror

A great fear.

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has fallenנָפְלָהnafla

desert

To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.

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the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

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have melted awayנָמֹגוּnamogu

lose heart

To lose courage from fear, to be left without strength.

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before youפְּנֵיpene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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Translation note

These are almost the same words as the song of the sea (Exodus 15:15-16).

The context

8They had not yet lain down when she came up to them on the roof,

9 · This verse (above)

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.

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