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So YHWHוַ יְהוָהleftיַּנַּחthese nations,אֶת הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּהnotלְבִלְתִּיdispossessing themהוֹרִישָׁםquickly,מַהֵרand he did notוְלֹאgive themנְתָנָםinto the handבְּיַדof Joshua.יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
Judges 2:23
Study it in the app“So YHWH left these nations, not dispossessing them quickly, and he did not give them into the hand of Joshua.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 2:23, word by word
- So 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- leftיַּנַּחyanach
leave
To leave something where it is and not take it away; not to hinder.
Where else “yanach” appears- these nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- dispossessing themהוֹרִישָׁhorisha
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “horisha” appears- quicklyמַהֵרmaher
quickly
Quickly, in haste.
Where else “maher” appears- give themנְתָנָnetana
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “netana” appears- into the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of 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
The context
22in order to test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of YHWH, walking in it, as their fathers kept it, or not.”
23 · This verse (above)