ForכִּיI will dispossessאוֹרִישׁnationsגּוֹיִםbefore youמִפָּנֶיךָand enlargeוְהִרְחַבְתִּיyour territory,אֶת גְּבוּלֶךָand noוְלֹאmanאִישׁshall covetיַחְמֹדyour landאֶת אַרְצְךָwhen you go upבַּעֲלֹתְךָto appearלֵרָאוֹתbeforeאֶת פְּנֵיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָthreeשָׁלֹשׁtimesפְּעָמִיםin the year.בַּשָּׁנָה
Exodus 34:24
Study it in the app“For I will dispossess nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no man shall covet your land when you go up to appear before YHWH your Elohim three times in the year.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 34:24, word by word
- I will dispossessאוֹרִישׁorish
dispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “orish” appears- nationsגּוֹיִםgoyim
Gentiles
The peoples other than Israel.
Where else “goyim” appears- before youפָּנֶיpane
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pane” appears- and enlargeהִרְחַבְתִּיhirchavti
make room, enlarge
Make wide, give ample room; enlarge.
Where else “hirchavti” appears- your territoryגְּבוּלֶgevule
territory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevule” appears- manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- shall covetיַחְמֹדyachmod
covet
To desire something strongly, especially what belongs to another.
Where else “yachmod” appears- your landאַרְצְarts
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arts” appears- when you go upעֲלֹתְalot
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alot” appears- to appearרָאוֹתraot
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “raot” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appears- threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- timesפְּעָמִיםpeamim
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “peamim” appears- in the yearשָּׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
The context
23Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord, YHWH, the Elohim of Israel.
24 · This verse (above)
25You shall not slaughter the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread, and the sacrifice of the Feast of Passover shall not remain overnight until the morning.