Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 7:22–23
22The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you. 23But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.
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Deuteronomy 7:22
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The LORD | יְהוָ֨ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H430 God |
| will drive out | וְנָשַׁל֩ | wə·nā·šal | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H5394 slip or drop off |
| these | הָאֵ֛ל | hā·’êl | Article; Pronoun - common plural | H411 these, those |
| nations | הַגּוֹיִ֥ם | hag·gō·w·yim | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
| before you | מִפָּנֶ֖יךָ | mip·pā·ne·ḵā | Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular | H6440 face, before |
| little | מְעַ֣ט | mə·‘aṭ | Adjective - masculine singular | H4592 a little, fewness, a few |
| by little | מְעָ֑ט | mə·‘āṭ | Adjective - masculine singular | H4592 a little, fewness, a few |
| You will not | לֹ֤א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| be enabled | תוּכַל֙ | ṯū·ḵal | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H3201 be able, have power, prevail, endure |
| to eliminate them | כַּלֹּתָ֣ם | kal·lō·ṯām | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural | H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent |
| all at once | מַהֵ֔ר | ma·hêr | Adverb | H4118 hurrying, in a hurry |
| or | פֶּן־ | pen- | Conjunction | H6435 lest |
| the wild | הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ | haś·śā·ḏeh | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7704 id. |
| animals | חַיַּ֥ת | ḥay·yaṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H2416 alive, living |
| would multiply | תִּרְבֶּ֥ה | tir·beh | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H7235 be, or become, much, many, great |
| around you | עָלֶ֖יךָ | ‘ā·le·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | H5921 height |
Deuteronomy 7:23
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| But the LORD | יְהוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H430 God |
| will give them over | וּנְתָנָ֛ם | ū·nə·ṯā·nām | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural | H5414 give, put, set |
| to you | לְפָנֶ֑יךָ | lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular | H6440 face, before |
| and throw them | וְהָמָם֙ | wə·hā·mām | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular; third person masculine plural | H2000 make a noise, move noisily, confuse, discomfit |
| into great | גְדֹלָ֔ה | ḡə·ḏō·lāh | Adjective - feminine singular | H1419 great |
| confusion | מְהוּמָ֣ה | mə·hū·māh | Noun - feminine singular | H4103 tumult, confusion, disquietde, discomfiture |
| until | עַ֖ד | ‘aḏ | Preposition | H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while |
| they are destroyed | הִשָּׁמְדָֽם׃ | hiš·šā·mə·ḏām | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural | H8045 be exterminated, destroyed |
Cross-references
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Deuteronomy 7:22 Exodus 23:29–30
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.