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And YHWHוַ יְהוָהhas dispossessedיּוֹרֶשׁbefore youמִפְּנֵיכֶםgreatגְּדֹלִיםand strongוַעֲצוּמִיםnations;גּוֹיִםand as for you,וְאַתֶּםnoלֹאmanאִישׁhas stoodעָמַדbefore youבִּפְנֵיכֶםtoעַדthisהַזֶּהday.הַיּוֹם
Joshua 23:9
Study it in the app“And YHWH has dispossessed before you great and strong nations; and as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 23:9, word by word
- And 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- has dispossessedיּוֹרֶשׁyoresh
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “yoresh” appears- before youפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- greatגְּדֹלִיםgedolim
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedolim” appears- and strongעֲצוּמִיםatsumim
mighty, numerous
Strong, mighty; numerous.
Where else “atsumim” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- has stoodעָמַדamad
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amad” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
8but to YHWH your Elohim you shall cling, as you have done to this day.
9 · This verse (above)
10One man of you pursues a thousand, for YHWH your Elohim, he is the one who fights for you, just as he spoke to you.