Forכִּיifאִםyou do indeedשׁוֹבturn backתָּשׁוּבוּand clingוּדְבַקְתֶּםto the restבְּיֶתֶרof theseהָאֵלֶּהnations,הַגּוֹיִםthoseהָאֵלֶּהthat remainהַנִּשְׁאָרִיםwith you,אִתְּכֶםand intermarryוְהִתְחַתַּנְתֶּםwith them,בָּהֶםand go inוּבָאתֶםamong them,בָּהֶםand theyוְהֵםamong you,בָּכֶם
Joshua 23:12
Study it in the app“For if you do indeed turn back and cling to the rest of these nations, those that remain with you, and intermarry with them, and go in among them, and they among you,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 23:12, word by word
- you do indeedשׁוֹבshov
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shov” appears- and clingדְבַקְתֶּםdevaktem
cling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “devaktem” appears- to the restיֶתֶרyeter
rest
What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.
Where else “yeter” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- that remainנִּשְׁאָרִיםnisharim
remain
To remain, what is left.
Where else “nisharim” appears- and intermarryהִתְחַתַּנְתֶּםhitchatantem
intermarry
To become another's family by means of a marriage.
Where else “hitchatantem” appears- and go inבָאתֶםvatem
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “vatem” appears
The context
11So be very careful, for your souls, to love YHWH your Elohim.
12 · This verse (above)
13know for certain that YHWH your Elohim will not continue to dispossess these nations before you; and they shall be for you a snare and a trap, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land that YHWH your Elohim has given you.