But ifוְאִםyou do notלֹאdispossessתוֹרִישׁוּthe inhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵיof the landהָאָרֶץfrom before you,מִפְּנֵיכֶםthenוְthose whomאֲשֶׁרyou let remainתּוֹתִירוּof themמֵהֶםshall beהָיָהas barbsלְשִׂכִּיםin your eyesבְּעֵינֵיכֶםand as thornsוְלִצְנִינִםin your sides,בְּצִדֵּיכֶםand they shall harassוְצָרֲרוּyouאֶתְכֶםinעַלthe landהָאָרֶץin whichאֲשֶׁר בָּהּyouאַתֶּםdwell.יֹשְׁבִים
Numbers 33:55
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.”