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AchanעָכָןansweredוַיַּעַןJoshuaאֶת יְהוֹשֻׁעַand said,וַיֹּאמַר“TrulyאָמְנָהIאָנֹכִיhave sinnedחָטָאתִיagainst YHWH,לַיהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand thisוְכָזֹאתand thisוְכָזֹאתis what I did:עָשִׂיתִי
Joshua 7:20
Study it in the app“Achan answered Joshua and said, “Truly I have sinned against YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, and this and this is what I did:”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 7:20, word by word
- 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- answeredיַּעַןyaan
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” 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- and saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- “Trulyאָמְנָהamna
truly, indeed
Truly, in fact.
Where else “amna” appears- have sinnedחָטָאתִיchatati
sin
To do wrong, fail God or another.
Where else “chatati” appears- against 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- is what I didעָשִׂיתִיasiti
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appears
The context
19Then 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.”
20 · This verse (above)
21I saw among the spoil one fine cloak from Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and one tongue of gold whose weight was fifty shekels; and I coveted them and took them. And look, they are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver under it.”