Joshua 2:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And because of this news, our hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in any of us because of you; for the Lord your God is God in heaven on high and here on earth.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַנִּשְׁמַע֙ וַיִּמַּ֣ס לְבָבֵ֔נוּ וְלֹא־קָ֨מָה ע֥וֹד ר֛וּחַ בְּאִ֖ישׁ מִפְּנֵיכֶ֑ם כִּ֚י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם ה֤וּא אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם מִמַּ֔עַל וְעַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ מִתָּֽחַת

Transliteration

And-wannišmaʿ and-wayyimmas our-ləḇāḇēnû and-not-qāmâ again rûaḥ in-man from-before-you for YHWH your-ʾĕlōhêḵem he ʾĕlōhîm in-the-baššāmayim from-above and-on-the-earth from-beneath

Grammar Details

• *wannišmaʿ*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 1st common plural - and we heard
• *wayyimmas*: waw consecutive + niphal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it melted
• *ləḇāḇēnû*: noun masculine singular construct + 1st common plural suffix - our heart
• *qāmâ*: qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - it stood/rose
• *rûaḥ*: noun feminine singular - spirit/breath/courage
• *YHWH*: proper noun - LORD
• *ʾĕlōhêḵem*: noun masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your God
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun masculine plural - God
• *baššāmayim*: preposition + definite article + noun masculine plural - in the heavens

Word Meanings

• *wayyimmas*: melted/dissolved/fainted
• *rûaḥ*: spirit/breath/courage
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings

Referenced Verses

• Deut 4:39 : 39 So today be certain, and keep the knowledge deep in your hearts, that the Lord is God, in heaven on high and here on earth; there is no other God.
• Josh 5:1 : 1 Now when the news came to all the kings of the Amorites on the west side of Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites living by the sea, how the Lord had made the waters of Jordan dry before the children of Israel, till they had gone across, their hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in them, because of the children of Israel.
• Josh 7:5 : 5 The men of Ai put to death about thirty-six of them, driving them from before the town as far as the stoneworks, and overcoming them on the way down: and the hearts of the people became like water.
• Isa 13:7 : 7 For this cause all hands will be feeble, and every heart of man be turned to water;
• Ps 22:14 : 14 I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
• Ps 83:18 : 18 So that men may see that you only, whose name is Yahweh, are Most High over all the earth.
• Ps 102:15 : 15 So the nations will give honour to the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will be in fear of his glory:
• Jer 16:19-21 : 19 O Lord, my strength and my strong tower, my safe place in the day of trouble, the nations will come to you from the ends of the earth, and say, The heritage of our fathers is nothing but deceit, even false things in which there is no profit. 20 Will a man make for himself gods which are no gods? 21 For this reason, truly, I will make them see, this once I will give them knowledge of my hand and my power; and they will be certain that my name is the Lord.
• Dan 4:34-35 : 34 And at the end of the days, I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifting up my eyes to heaven, got back my reason, and, blessing the Most High, I gave praise and honour to him who is living for ever, whose rule is an eternal rule and whose kingdom goes on from generation to generation. 35 And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?
• Dan 6:25-27 : 25 And at the king's order, they took those men who had said evil against Daniel, and put them in the lions' hole, with their wives and their children; and they had not got to the floor of the hole before the lions overcame them and all their bones were broken. 26 Then King Darius sent a letter to all the peoples, nations, and languages, living in all the earth: May your peace be increased. 27 It is my order that in all the kingdom of which I am ruler, men are to be shaking with fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, unchanging for ever, and his kingdom is one which will never come to destruction, his rule will go on to the end.
• Nah 2:10 : 10 Take silver, take gold; for there is no end to the store; take for yourselves a weight of things to be desired.
• Zech 8:20-23 : 20 This is what the Lord of armies has said: It will again come about that when peoples and those living in great towns come, 21 And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you. 22 And great peoples and strong nations will come to give worship to the Lord of armies in Jerusalem and to make requests for grace from the Lord. 23 This is what the Lord of armies has said: In those days, ten men from all the languages of the nations will put out their hands and take a grip of the skirt of him who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for it has come to our ears that God is with you.
• Rev 6:16 : 16 And they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Come down on us, covering us from the face of him who is seated on the high seat, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
• Josh 14:8 : 8 My brothers, however, who went up with me, made the heart of the people like water: but I was true to the Lord with all my heart.
• 1 Kgs 8:60 : 60 So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the Lord is God, and there is no other.
• Deut 20:8 : 8 And let the overseers go on to say to the people, If there is any man whose heart is feeble with fear, let him go back to his house before he makes the hearts of his countrymen feeble.
• Exod 15:14 : 14 Hearing of you the peoples were shaking in fear: the people of Philistia were gripped with pain.
• Deut 1:28 : 28 Where are we going up? Our brothers have made our hearts feeble with fear by saying, The people are greater and taller than we are, and the towns are great and walled up to heaven; and more than this, we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.