Exodus 34:11

“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.”

Exodus 34:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 34:11, word by word

Keepשְׁמָרshemar

keep

To obey the covenant or the commands.

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am commanding youמְצַוְּmetsav

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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todayיּוֹםyom

today

This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.

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I am driving outגֹרֵשׁgoresh

drive out

To force someone out of their home or land.

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before youפָּנֶיpane

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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the Amoriteאֱמֹרִיemori

Amorite

Amorite: one of the main peoples of Canaan before Israel.

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and the Canaaniteכְּנַעֲנִיkenaani

Canaanite

Someone from Canaan, before Israel.

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and the Hittiteחִתִּיchiti

Hittite

Hittite: a descendant of Heth, one of the peoples of Canaan.

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and the Perizziteפְּרִזִּיperizi

Perizzite

Perizzite: one of the peoples that lived in Canaan before Israel.

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and the Hiviteחִוִּיchivi

Hivite

Hivite: one of the peoples of Canaan.

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and the Jebusiteיְבוּסִיyevusi

Jebusite

Jebusite: a people of Canaan that lived in Jerusalem before David.

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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.

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