and she saidוַתֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe men,הָאֲנָשִׁים“I knowיָדַעְתִּיthatכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas givenנָתַןyouלָכֶםthe land,אֶת הָאָרֶץand thatוְכִיthe terror of youאֵימַתְכֶםhas fallenנָפְלָהon us,עָלֵינוּand thatוְכִיallכָּלthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof the landהָאָרֶץhave melted awayנָמֹגוּbefore you.מִפְּנֵיכֶם
Joshua 2:9
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “tomer” appears- the menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- “I knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” 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
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- the terror of youאֵימַתְemat
terror
A great fear.
Where else “emat” appears- has fallenנָפְלָהnafla
desert
To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.
Where else “nafla” 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 youפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears
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.