Joshua 24:12
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.

Young's Literal Translation
And I send before you the hornet, and it casteth them out from your presence—two kings of the Amorite—not by thy sword, nor by thy bow.

King James Bible
And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, [even] the two kings of the Amorites; [but] not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

Hebrew
I sent
וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח (wā·’eš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

the hornet
הַצִּרְעָ֔ה (haṣ·ṣir·‘āh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6880: Hornets

ahead of you,
לִפְנֵיכֶם֙ (lip̄·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

and it drove out
וַתְּגָ֤רֶשׁ (wat·tə·ḡā·reš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1644: To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce

the two
שְׁנֵ֖י (šə·nê)
Number - mdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

Amorite
הָאֱמֹרִ֑י (hā·’ĕ·mō·rî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 567: Amorites -- perhaps 'mountain dwellers', a Canaanite tribe

kings
מַלְכֵ֣י (mal·ḵê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 4428: A king

before you,
מִפְּנֵיכֶ֔ם (mip·pə·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face

[but] not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

by your own sword
בְחַרְבְּךָ֖ (ḇə·ḥar·bə·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

or bow.
בְקַשְׁתֶּֽךָ׃ (ḇə·qaš·te·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7198: A bow, for, shooting, the iris

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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