The peopleהָעָםservedוַיַּעַבְדוּYHWHאֶת יְהוָהallכֹּלthe daysיְמֵיof Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַand allוְכֹלthe daysיְמֵיof the eldersהַזְּקֵנִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרprolongedהֶאֱרִיכוּtheir daysיָמִיםafterאַחֲרֵיJoshua,יְהוֹשׁוּעַwhoאֲשֶׁרhad seenרָאוּallאֵת כָּלthe greatהַגָּדוֹלworkמַעֲשֵׂהof YHWHיְהוָהthatאֲשֶׁרhe had doneעָשָׂהfor Israel.לְיִשְׂרָאֵל
Judges 2:7
Study it in the app“The people served YHWH all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who prolonged their days after Joshua, who had seen all the great work of YHWH that he had done for Israel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 2:7, word by word
- The peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- servedיַּעַבְדוּyaavdu
worship
To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.
Where else “yaavdu” appears- 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 daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” 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- of the eldersזְּקֵנִיםzekenim
elder
The senior men who led a city or the people.
Where else “zekenim” appears- prolongedהֶאֱרִיכוּheerichu
be long, prolong
Be long, last long; prolong.
Where else “heerichu” appears- had seenרָאוּrau
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” appears- the greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- workמַעֲשֵׂהmaase
work
What someone does: his works, and especially what God does.
Where else “maase” appears- he had doneעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- for 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
The context
6Joshua sent away the people, and the sons of Israel went, each to his inheritance, to take possession of the land.
7 · This verse (above)
8Joshua son of Nun, the servant of YHWH, died, a hundred and ten years old.