Then Joshuaוַ יְהוֹשֻׁעַsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלAchan,עָכָן“My son,בְּנִיpleaseנָאgiveשִׂיםgloryכָבוֹדto YHWH,לַיהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand giveוְתֶןhimלוֹacknowledgment;תוֹדָהand pleaseוְ נָאtellהַגֶּדmeלִיwhatמֶהyou have done;עָשִׂיתָdo notאַלhide itתְּכַחֵדfrom me.”מִמֶּנִּי
Joshua 7:19
Study it in the app“Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, please give glory to YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, and give him acknowledgment; and please tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.””
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Joshua 7:19, word by word
- Then 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Achanעָכָןachan
Achan
Achan: a man of Judah who took some of what was devoted at Jericho. His name sounds like "the one who brings ruin."
Where else “achan” appears- “My sonבְּנִbeni
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “beni” appears- giveשִׂיםsim
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sim” appears- gloryכָבוֹדchavod
glory
God's majesty and presence.
Where else “chavod” appears- 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- the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and giveתֶןten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “ten” appears- acknowledgmentתוֹדָהtoda
acknowledgment
Owning up to the truth or one's sin.
Where else “toda” appears- tellהַגֶּדhaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “haged” appears- you have doneעָשִׂיתָasita
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appears- hide itתְּכַחֵדtechached
hide
To hide something, keep silent about it.
Where else “techached” appears
Translation note
“Acknowledgment” translates the word that elsewhere is “thanksgiving”; here it means acknowledging before God what one has done.
The context
18He had his household come near man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
19 · This verse (above)
20Achan answered Joshua and said, “Truly I have sinned against YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, and this and this is what I did: