Joshua 7:19

“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.””

Joshua 7:19 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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).

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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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."

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“My sonבְּנִbeni

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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giveשִׂיםsim

put

To put something somewhere.

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gloryכָבוֹדchavod

glory

God's majesty and presence.

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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.

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the Elohimאֱלֹהֵיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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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.

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and giveתֶןten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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acknowledgmentתוֹדָהtoda

acknowledgment

Owning up to the truth or one's sin.

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tellהַגֶּדhaged

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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you have doneעָשִׂיתָasita

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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hide itתְּכַחֵדtechached

hide

To hide something, keep silent about it.

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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:

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