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Take careהִשָּׁמֶר לְךָnotפֶּןto makeתִּכְרֹתa covenantבְּרִיתwith the inhabitantsלְיוֹשֵׁבof the landהָאָרֶץto whichאֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָyouאַתָּהare going,בָּאlestפֶּןit becomeיִהְיֶהa snareלְמוֹקֵשׁin your midst.בְּקִרְבֶּךָ
Exodus 34:12
Study it in the app“Take 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 34:12, word by word
- Take careהִשָּׁמֶרhishamer
take care
To watch out for oneself.
Where else “hishamer” appears- to makeתִּכְרֹתtichrot
make a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “tichrot” appears- a covenantבְּרִיתberit
covenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “berit” appears- with the inhabitantsיוֹשֵׁבyoshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- are goingבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- it becomeיִהְיֶהyihye
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yihye” appears- a snareמוֹקֵשׁmokesh
snare
Snare, trap for hunting; whatever makes someone fall.
Where else “mokesh” appears- in your midstקִרְבֶּkirbe
midst
In the midst of: "among the people".
Where else “kirbe” appears
The context
11Keep 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.
12 · This verse (above)
13But their altars you shall tear down, and their standing stones you shall break, and their Asherahs you shall cut down.