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I will sendוְשָׁלַחְתִּיthe hornetאֶת הַצִּרְעָהbefore you,לְפָנֶיךָand it will drive outוְגֵרְשָׁהthe Hivite,אֶת הַחִוִּיthe Canaanite,אֶת הַכְּנַעֲנִיand the Hittiteוְאֶת הַחִתִּיfrom before you.מִלְּפָנֶיךָ
Exodus 23:28
Study it in the app“I will send the hornet before you, and it will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 23:28, word by word
- I will sendשָׁלַחְתִּיshalachti
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalachti” appears- the hornetצִּרְעָהtsira
hornet
Hornet or wasp.
Where else “tsira” appears- before youפָנֶיfane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appears- and it will drive outגֵרְשָׁהgersha
drive out
To force someone out of their home or land.
Where else “gersha” appears- the Hiviteחִוִּיchivi
Hivite
Hivite: one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chivi” appears- the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani
Canaanite
Someone from Canaan, before Israel.
Where else “kenaani” appears- and the Hittiteחִתִּיchiti
Hittite
Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chiti” appears
Translation note
“The hornet”: a rare word (also in Deuteronomy 7:20 and Joshua 24:12). It may be a real plague of hornets or an image of the panic YHWH would send ahead.
The context
27My terror I will send before you, and I will throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
28 · This verse (above)
29I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the animals of the field multiply against you.