Joshua 14:12
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the Lord will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the Lord said.”
שָׁמַע
To hear, to listen, to obey. Shema. Hear O Israel. In Hebrew to truly hear means to obey. God is looking for those who hear with the intention to do.
גָּדוֹל
large
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גָּדוֹל
Great, large, elder. Gadol. God is gadol and greatly to be praised. His greatness is beyond all measure and beyond all comparison.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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דָבַר
he spoke
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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נָתַן
give/ !
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נָתַן
To give, to grant, to permit. Nathan. God is always giving. His hand is always open.
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בָּצַר
fortified
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בָּצַר
to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
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שָׁם
were there
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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עֲנָקִי
Anakites
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עֲנָקִי
an Anakite or descendant of Anak
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