Joshua 23:13

“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.”

Joshua 23:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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