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Littleמְעַטby littleמְעַטI will drive them outאֲגָרְשֶׁנּוּfrom before you,מִפָּנֶיךָuntilעַד אֲשֶׁרyou increaseתִּפְרֶהand take possessionוְנָחַלְתָּof the land.אֶת הָאָרֶץ
Exodus 23:30
Study it in the app“Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you increase and take possession of the land.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 23:30, word by word
- Littleמְעַטmeat
few
A small amount: few in number, or a short time.
Where else “meat” appears- I will 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- you increaseתִּפְרֶהtifre
be fruitful
Bear fruit; be fruitful, have descendants.
Where else “tifre” appears- and take possessionנָחַלְתָּnachalta
inherit
To receive as one's own what another gives or leaves, above all land.
Where else “nachalta” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
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.
30 · This verse (above)
31I will set your border from the Sea of Reeds to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River, for I will give into your hand the inhabitants of the land, and you shall drive them out from before you.