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butכִּי אִםto YHWHבַּיהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֵיכֶםyou shall cling,תִּדְבָּקוּasכַּאֲשֶׁרyou have doneעֲשִׂיתֶםtoעַדthisהַזֶּהday.הַיּוֹם
Joshua 23:8
Study it in the app“but to YHWH your Elohim you shall cling, as you have done to this day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 23:8, word by word
- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- you shall clingתִּדְבָּקוּtidbaku
cling
To stay close to someone, like YHWH.
Where else “tidbaku” appears- you have doneעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asitem” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
7so that you do not go among these nations, those that remain with you; and the name of their gods you shall not mention, nor make anyone swear by it, nor serve them, nor bow down to them;
8 · This verse (above)
9And YHWH has dispossessed before you great and strong nations; and as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.