And it shall beוְהָיָהthat just asכַּאֲשֶׁרallכָּלthe goodהַטּוֹבwordהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםspokeדִּבֶּרto youאֲלֵיכֶםhas comeבָּאupon you,עֲלֵיכֶםsoכֵּןYHWHיְהוָהwill bringיָבִיאupon youעֲלֵיכֶםallכָּלthe evilהָרָעword,הַדָּבָרuntilעַדhe has destroyedהַשְׁמִידוֹyouאוֹתְכֶםfrom offמֵעַלthisהַזֹּאתgoodהַטּוֹבָהlandהָאֲדָמָהthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםhas givenנָתַןyou.לָכֶם
Joshua 23:15
Study it in the app“And it shall be that just as all the good word that YHWH your Elohim spoke to you has come upon you, so YHWH will bring upon you all the evil word, until he has destroyed you from off this good land that YHWH your Elohim has given you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 23:15, word by word
- And it shall beהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- the goodטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” 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- spokeדִּבֶּרdiber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “diber” appears- has comeבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- the evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- he has destroyedהַשְׁמִידhashmid
destroy
Destroy completely, exterminate.
Where else “hashmid” 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
The context
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.
15 · This verse (above)
16When you transgress the covenant of YHWH your Elohim that he commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of YHWH will burn against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land that he has given you.”