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Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. (KJV)
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הֶ֤רֶףHe.refrefrain
Lemma: רָפָה (ra.phah) · Strong's: H7503
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)
Meaning: to slacken
Used 46 times. Also: Exodus 4:26, Exodus 5:8, Exodus 5:17, Deuteronomy 4:31, Deuteronomy 31:6, Deuteronomy 31:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7503; TAHOT Deuteronomy 9:14 word 1
מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙mi.Me.nifrom me
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 9:14 word 2
וְאַשְׁמִידֵ֔םve.'ash.mi.Demso I may destroy them
Lemma: שָׁמַד (sha.mad) · Strong's: H8045
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhu1cs)
Meaning: to destroy
Used 90 times. Also: Genesis 34:30, Leviticus 26:30, Numbers 33:52, Deuteronomy 1:27, Deuteronomy 2:12, Deuteronomy 2:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8045; TAHOT Deuteronomy 9:14 word 3
וְאֶמְחֶ֣הve.'em.Chehand I may wipe out
Lemma: מָחָה (ma.chah) · Strong's: H4229A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqu1cs)
Meaning: to wipe
Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:23, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 32:32, Exodus 32:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4229A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 9:14 word 4
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Deuteronomy 9:14 word 5
שְׁמָ֔םshe.Mamname their
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Deuteronomy 9:14 word 6
מִתַּ֖חַתmi.Ta.chatfrom under
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: under
Used 238 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 18:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 9:14 word 7
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavens
Lemma: שָׁמַיִם (sha.ma.yim) · Strong's: H8064
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: heaven
Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8064; TAHOT Deuteronomy 9:14 word 8
וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙ve.'e.'e.Sehso I may make
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqu1cs)
Meaning: to make
Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 9:14 word 9
אֽוֹתְךָ֔'ot.Kha<obj.> you
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Deuteronomy 9:14 word 10
לְגוֹי\־le.goy-into a nation
Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: nation
Used 548 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1471A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 9:14 word 11
עָצ֥וּם'a.Tzummighty
Lemma: עָצוּם (a.tsum) · Strong's: H6099
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: mighty
Used 31 times. Also: Genesis 18:18, Exodus 1:9, Numbers 14:12, Numbers 22:6, Numbers 32:1, Deuteronomy 4:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6099; TAHOT Deuteronomy 9:14 word 12
וָרָ֖בva.Ravand great
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7227A
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: many
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 25:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7227A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 9:14 word 13
מִמֶּֽנּוּ\׃mi.Me.numore than it
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 9:14 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Leave Me alone | → | רָפָה H7503 to slacken |
| so that I may destroy them | → | שָׁמַד H8045 to destroy |
| and blot out | → | מָחָה H4229A to wipe |
| their name | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| from | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| under | → | תַּחַת H8478G underneath: under |
| heaven | → | שָׁמַיִם H8064 heaven |
| Then I will make | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| you into a nation | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
| mightier | → | עָצוּם H6099 mighty |
| and greater | → | רַב H7227A many |
| than they [are] | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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