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And the peopleוַ הָעָםsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלJoshua,יְהוֹשֻׁעַ“No,לֹאbutכִּיYHWHיְהוָהwe will serve.”נַעֲבֹד
Joshua 24:21
Study it in the app“And the people said to Joshua, “No, but YHWH we will serve.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 24:21, word by word
- And the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַyehoshua
Joshua
Joshua, the helper and successor of Moses. The name means "YHWH saves"; in Greek it is the same name as "Jesus". Other men bore it, among them the high priest after the exile (Haggai 1:1).
Where else “yehoshua” 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- we will serveנַעֲבֹדnaavod
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “naavod” appears
The context
20If you abandon YHWH and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do harm to you, and consume you, after having done good to you.”
21 · This verse (above)
22And Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves YHWH, to serve him.” And they said, “Witnesses.”