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I will not drive them outלֹא אֲגָרְשֶׁנּוּfrom before youמִפָּנֶיךָin oneבְּ אֶחָתyear,שָׁנָהlestפֶּןthe landהָאָרֶץbecomeתִּהְיֶהdesolateשְׁמָמָהand the animalsוְ חַיַּתof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהmultiplyרַבָּהagainst you.עָלֶיךָ
Exodus 23:29
Study it in the app“I 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 23:29, word by word
- I will not drive them outאֲגָרְשֶׁagarshe
drive out
To force someone out of their home or land.
Where else “agarshe” appears- from before youפָּנֶיpane
presence
Literally "the face": being before someone, face to face.
Where else “pane” appears- in oneאֶחָתechat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echat” appears- yearשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- becomeתִּהְיֶהtihye
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tihye” appears- desolateשְׁמָמָהshemama
desolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shemama” appears- and the animalsחַיַּתchayat
beast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayat” appears- of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- multiplyרַבָּהraba
much
In great quantity, more than expected.
Where else “raba” appears
The context
28I will send the hornet before you, and it will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite from before you.
29 · This verse (above)
30Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you increase and take possession of the land.