Numbers 14:12

“I will strike them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they.””

Numbers 14:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 14:12, word by word

I will strike themאַכֶּake

punish

God punishes with a plague.

Where else “ake” appears
with pestilenceדֶּבֶרdever

plague, pestilence

Pestilence: a disease that kills many in a short time.

Where else “dever” appears
and dispossess themאוֹרִשֶׁorishe

dispossess

To drive others out of their land.

Where else “orishe” appears
and I will makeאֶעֱשֶׂהeese

make

To build or create something.

Where else “eese” appears
into a nationגוֹיgoy

nation

A people with their land; also Israel.

Where else “goy” appears
greaterגָּדוֹלgadol

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

Where else “gadol” appears
mightierעָצוּםatsum

mighty, numerous

Strong, mighty; numerous.

Where else “atsum” appears

The context

11And YHWH said to Moses, “How long will this people spurn me? And how long will they not believe in me, in spite of all the signs that I have done among them?

12 · This verse (above)

13But Moses said to YHWH, “Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for you brought up this people in your power from among them,

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