Joshua 23:12

“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,”

Joshua 23:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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