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I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. (KJV)

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אַכֶּ֥נּוּ'ak.Ke.nuI will strike it

Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhi1cs)

Meaning: to smite

Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT Numbers 14:12 word 1

בַדֶּ֖בֶרva.De.verwith <the> pestilence

Lemma: דֶּ֫בֶר (de.ver) · Strong's: H1698

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: pestilence

Used 49 times. Also: Exodus 5:3, Exodus 9:3, Exodus 9:15, Leviticus 26:25, Deuteronomy 28:21, 2 Samuel 24:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1698; TAHOT Numbers 14:12 word 2

וְאוֹרִשֶׁ֑נּוּve.'o.ri.She.nuand I will dispossess it

Lemma: יָרַשׁ (ya.rash) · Strong's: H3423H

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhu1cs)

Meaning: to possess: take

Used 188 times. Also: Genesis 15:7, Genesis 15:8, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 28:4, Exodus 15:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3423H; TAHOT Numbers 14:12 word 3

וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙ve.'e.'e.Sehand 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 Numbers 14:12 word 4

אֹֽתְךָ֔'o.te.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 Numbers 14:12 word 5

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 Numbers 14:12 word 6

גָּד֥וֹלga.Dolgreat

Lemma: גָּדוֹל (ga.dol) · Strong's: H1419A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: great: large

Used 495 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 4:13, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1419A; TAHOT Numbers 14:12 word 7

וְעָצ֖וּםve.'a.Tzumand mighty

Lemma: עָצוּם (a.tsum) · Strong's: H6099

Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)

Meaning: mighty

Used 31 times. Also: Genesis 18:18, Exodus 1:9, Numbers 22:6, Numbers 32:1, Deuteronomy 4:38, Deuteronomy 7:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6099; TAHOT Numbers 14:12 word 8

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 Numbers 14:12 word 9

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

I will strike them	→	נָכָה H5221 to smite
with a plague	→	דֶּ֫בֶר H1698 pestilence
and destroy them	→	יָרַשׁ H3423H to possess: take
and I will make	→	עָשָׂה H6213H to make
you	→	אֵת H0853 [Obj.]
into a nation	→	גּוֹי H1471A nation
greater	→	גָּדוֹל H1419A great: large
and mightier	→	עָצוּם H6099 mighty
than they are	→	מִן־ H4480A from

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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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