Deuteronomy 7:1

“When YHWH your Elohim brings you into the land into which you are going to take possession of it, and clears away many nations from before you —the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations more numerous and mightier than you—”
Deuteronomy 7:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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WhenכִּיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָbrings youיְבִיאֲךָintoאֶלthe landהָאָרֶץinto whichאֲשֶׁר שָׁמָּהyouאַתָּהare goingבָאto take possession of it,לְרִשְׁתָּהּand clears awayוְנָשַׁלmanyרַבִּיםnationsגּוֹיִםfrom before youמִפָּנֶיךָ—the Hittite,הַחִתִּיthe Girgashite,וְהַגִּרְגָּשִׁיthe Amorite,וְהָאֱמֹרִיthe Canaanite,וְהַכְּנַעֲנִיthe Perizzite,וְהַפְּרִזִּיthe Hivite,וְהַחִוִּיand the Jebusite,וְהַיְבוּסִיsevenשִׁבְעָהnationsגוֹיִםmore numerousרַבִּיםand mightierוַעֲצוּמִיםthan you—מִמֶּךָּ

Deuteronomy 7:1, word by word

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.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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brings youיְבִיאֲyevia

bring

To bring something or someone.

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the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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to take possession of itרִשְׁתָּrishta

possess

To occupy a land and make it one's own.

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and clears awayנָשַׁלnashal

drive out

To drive peoples from their land.

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manyרַבִּיםrabim

many

A great number of people or things.

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nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim

Gentiles

The peoples other than Israel.

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from before youפָּנֶיpane

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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—the Hittiteחִתִּיchiti

Hittite

Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.

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the Girgashiteגִּרְגָּשִׁיgirgashi

Girgashite

Girgashite: one of the peoples of Canaan.

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the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori

Amorite

Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.

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the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani

Canaanite

Someone from Canaan, before Israel.

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the Perizziteפְּרִזִּיperizi

Perizzite

Perizzite: one of the peoples that lived in Canaan before Israel.

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the Hiviteחִוִּיchivi

Hivite

Hivite: one of the peoples of Canaan.

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and the Jebusiteיְבוּסִיyevusi

Jebusite

Jebusite: a people of Canaan that lived in Jerusalem before David.

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sevenשִׁבְעָהshiva

seven

Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".

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and mightierעֲצוּמִיםatsumim

mighty, numerous

Strong, mighty; numerous.

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The context

1 · This verse (above)

2and YHWH your Elohim delivers them before you and you strike them, you shall devote them completely to destruction. You shall not make a covenant with them or show them favor.

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