And YHWH,וַיהוָהheהוּאis the one who goesהַהֹלֵךְbefore you;לְפָנֶיךָheהוּאwill beיִהְיֶהwith you;עִמָּךְhe will notלֹאlet go of youיַרְפְּךָorוְלֹאforsake you.יַעַזְבֶךָּDo notלֹאfearתִירָאand do notוְלֹאbe dismayed.”תֵחָת
Deuteronomy 31:8
Study it in the app“And YHWH, he is the one who goes before you; he will be with you; he will not let go of you or forsake you. Do not fear and do not be dismayed.””
Moses tells Joshua that God goes before him and will not forsake himLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 31:8, word by word
- And 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- is the one who goesהֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- will beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- let go of youיַרְפְּyarp
let go
To let go, leave: "let me go".
Where else “yarp” appears- forsake youיַעַזְבֶyaazve
forsake
To turn one's back on YHWH, someone or a place.
Where else “yaazve” appears- fearתִירָאtira
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tira” appears- be dismayedתֵחָתtechat
be dismayed
To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
Where else “techat” appears
The context
7And Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and firm, for you will go with this people into the land that YHWH swore to their fathers to give them, and you will cause them to inherit it.
8 · This verse (above)
9And Moses wrote this instruction and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of YHWH, and to all the elders of Israel.