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Please,בִּיAdonai,אֲדֹנָיwhatמָהcan I say,אֹמַרafterאַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁרIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלhas turnedהָפַךְits backעֹרֶףbeforeלִפְנֵיits enemies?אֹיְבָיו
Joshua 7:8
Study it in the app“Please, Adonai, what can I say, after Israel has turned its back before its enemies?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 7:8, word by word
- Pleaseבִּיbi
please, my lord
Please, pardon me: a formula for addressing a superior respectfully.
Where else “bi” appears- Adonaiאֲדֹנָadona
Adonai, Lord
"Adonai": "my Lord", said only to God. It is a title of respect that acknowledges his authority. It is not another god besides YHWH: often it goes with his name, "Adonai YHWH", Lord YHWH.
Where else “adona” appears- can I sayאֹמַרomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “omar” appears- 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- has turnedהָפַךְhafach
turn
To turn one's body or course the other way.
Where else “hafach” appears- its backעֹרֶףoref
back
To show the nape, flee.
Where else “oref” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- its enemiesאֹיְבָיoyvay
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyvay” appears
The context
7And Joshua said, “Alas, Adonai YHWH! Why did you bring this people all the way across the Jordan to give us into the hand of the Amorite, to make us perish? If only we had been content to stay beyond the Jordan!
8 · This verse (above)
9The Canaanite and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?”