Numbers 33:55

“But if you do not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those whom you let remain of them shall be as barbs in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land in which you dwell.”

Numbers 33:55 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Numbers 33:55, word by word

dispossessתוֹרִישׁוּtorishu

dispossess

To drive others out of their land.

Where else “torishu” appears
the inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיyoshve

dwell

To make one's home in a place.

Where else “yoshve” appears
of the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
from before youפְּנֵיpene

before

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

Where else “pene” appears
you let remainתּוֹתִירוּtotiru

be left

For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.

Where else “totiru” appears
shall beהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

Where else “haya” appears
as barbsשִׂכִּיםsikim

barb, thorn

Barb, a sharp thorn.

Where else “sikim” appears
in your eyesעֵינֵיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “ene” appears
and as thornsצְנִינִםtseninim

thorn

Thorn.

Where else “tseninim” appears
in your sidesצִדֵּיtside

side

Side.

Where else “tside” appears
and they shall harassצָרֲרוּtsararu

harass

To be someone's enemy.

Where else “tsararu” appears

The context

54You shall take as inheritance the land by lot according to your families; to the large you shall increase his inheritance, and to the small you shall reduce his inheritance; wherever the lot falls for him, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall take inheritance.

55 · This verse (above)

56And it shall be that as I thought to do to them, I will do to you.”

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