Keepשְׁמָרfor yourselfלְךָwhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam commanding youמְצַוְּךָtoday.הַיּוֹםLook,הִנְנִיI am driving outגֹרֵשׁbefore youמִפָּנֶיךָthe Amorite,אֶת הָאֱמֹרִיand the Canaanite,וְהַכְּנַעֲנִיand the Hittite,וְהַחִתִּיand the Perizzite,וְהַפְּרִזִּיand the Hivite,וְהַחִוִּיand the Jebusite.וְהַיְבוּסִי
Exodus 34:11
Study it in the app“Keep for yourself what I am commanding you today. Look, I am driving out before you the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 34:11, word by word
- Keepשְׁמָרshemar
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemar” appears- am commanding youמְצַוְּmetsav
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “metsav” appears- todayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- I am driving outגֹרֵשׁgoresh
drive out
To force someone out of their home or land.
Where else “goresh” appears- before youפָּנֶיpane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pane” appears- the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori
Amorite
Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.
Where else “emori” appears- and 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- and the Perizziteפְּרִזִּיperizi
Perizzite
Perizzite: one of the peoples that lived in Canaan before Israel.
Where else “perizi” appears- and the Hiviteחִוִּיchivi
Hivite
Hivite: one of the peoples of Canaan.
Where else “chivi” appears- and the Jebusiteיְבוּסִיyevusi
Jebusite
Jebusite: a people of Canaan that lived in Jerusalem before David.
Where else “yevusi” appears
The context
10And he said, “Look, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will do wonders that have not been created in all the earth or in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of YHWH, for it is fearsome, what I am doing with you.
11 · This verse (above)
12Take care not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, lest it become a snare in your midst.