Deuteronomy 9:14

“Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under the heavens; and I will make you into a nation mightier and more numerous than they.””

Deuteronomy 9:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 9:14, word by word

Let me aloneהֶרֶףheref

let go

To let go, leave: "let me go".

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that I may destroy themאַשְׁמִידֵashmide

destroy

Destroy completely, exterminate.

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and blot outאֶמְחֶהemche

blot out

To erase completely, or destroy someone.

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their nameשְׁמָshema

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

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the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim

sky

The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.

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and I will makeאֶעֱשֶׂהeese

make

To build or create something.

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into a nationגוֹיgoy

nation

A people with their land; also Israel.

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mightierעָצוּםatsum

mighty, numerous

Strong, mighty; numerous.

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and more numerousרָבrav

many

A great number of people or things.

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The context

13YHWH said to me, “I have seen this people, and look, it is a stubborn people.

14 · This verse (above)

15So I turned and came down from the mountain, while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

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