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So nowוְעַתָּהYHWH,יְהוָהthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלhas dispossessedהוֹרִישׁthe Amoriteאֶת הָאֱמֹרִיbeforeמִפְּנֵיhis peopleעַמּוֹIsrael;יִשְׂרָאֵלand are youוְאַתָּהgoing to take possession of it?תִּירָשֶׁנּוּ
Judges 11:23
Study it in the app“So now YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorite before his people Israel; and are you going to take possession of it?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 11:23, word by word
- 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- 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- has dispossessedהוֹרִישׁhorish
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “horish” appears- the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- beforeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- his peopleעַמּam
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “am” appears
The context
22They took possession of all the territory of the Amorite, from the Arnon to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
23 · This verse (above)
24Do you not take possession of what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever YHWH our Elohim has dispossessed before us, that we will take possession of.