knowתֵּדְעוּfor certainיָדוֹעַthatכִּיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםwill notלֹאcontinueיוֹסִיףto dispossessלְהוֹרִישׁtheseהָאֵלֶּהnationsהַגּוֹיִםbefore you;מִלִּפְנֵיכֶםand they shall beוְהָיוּfor youלָכֶםa snareלְפַחand a trap,וּלְמוֹקֵשׁa whipוּלְשֹׁטֵטon your sidesבְּצִדֵּיכֶםand thornsוְלִצְנִנִיםin your eyes,בְּעֵינֵיכֶםuntilעַדyou perishאֲבָדְכֶםfrom offמֵעַלthisהַזֹּאתgoodהַטּוֹבָהlandהָאֲדָמָהthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםhas givenנָתַןyou.לָכֶם
Joshua 23:13
Study it in the app“know 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 23:13, word by word
- knowתֵּדְעוּtedu
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “tedu” 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- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- continueיוֹסִיףyosif
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yosif” appears- to dispossessהוֹרִישׁhorish
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “horish” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- before youפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- and they shall beהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- a snareפַחfach
snare
A bird trap; a hidden danger.
Where else “fach” appears- and a trapמוֹקֵשׁmokesh
snare
Snare, trap for hunting; whatever makes someone fall.
Where else “mokesh” appears- a whipשֹׁטֵטshotet
whip, goad
Whip, scourge; an image of what wounds again and again.
Where else “shotet” appears- on your sidesצִדֵּיtside
side
Side.
Where else “tside” appears- and thornsצְנִנִיםtseninim
thorn
Thorn.
Where else “tseninim” appears- in your eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- you perishאֲבָדְavad
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “avad” appears- goodטּוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- landאֲדָמָהadama
land
A territory with its inhabitants, or the whole surface of the world.
Where else “adama” appears- has givenנָתַןnatan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natan” appears
Translation note
The same warning is in Numbers 33:55.
The context
12For 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,
13 · This verse (above)
14And look, I am going today the way of all the earth. And know with all your heart and with all your soul that not one word has fallen of all the good words that YHWH your Elohim spoke concerning you; all have come to you; not one word of them has fallen.