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Exodus 23:29

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And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.	I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.	By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I will not drive them out^H1644 from before^H6440 thee in one^H259 year^H8141; lest the land^H776 become desolate^H8077, and the beast^H2416 of the field^H7704 multiply^H7227 against thee.

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Original Hebrew

לֹא אֲגָרְשֶׁנּוּ מִפָּנֶיךָ בְּשָׁנָה אֶחָת פֶּן־תִּהְיֶה הָאָרֶץ שְׁמָמָה וְרַבָּה עָלֶיךָ חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
לֹ֧א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
אֲגָרְשֶׁ֛/נּוּ	'a.ga.re.She./nu	H1644	HVpi1cs/Sp3ms	I will drive out/ it
מִ/פָּנֶ֖י/ךָ	mi./pa.Nei./kha	H6440	HR/Ncbpc/Sp2ms	from/ before/ you
בְּ/שָׁנָ֣ה	be./sha.Nah	H8141	HR/Ncfsa	in/ a year
אֶחָ֑ת	'e.Chat	H259	HAcfsa	one
פֶּן	pen-	H6435	HC	lest
תִּהְיֶ֤ה	tih.Yeh	H1961	HVqi3fs	it should become
הָ/אָ֨רֶץ֙	ha./'A.retz	H776	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ land
שְׁמָמָ֔ה	she.ma.Mah	H8077	HNcfsa	a waste
וְ/רַבָּ֥ה	ve./ra.Bah	H7227	HC/Vqq3fs	and/ it will become many
עָלֶ֖י/ךָ	'a.Lei./kha	H5921	HR/Sp2ms	on/ you
חַיַּ֥ת	chai.Yat	H2416	HNcfsc	(the) animal(s) of
הַ/שָּׂדֶֽה	ha./sa.Deh	H7704	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ field

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H1644 — גָּרַשׁ (gârash, gaw-rash'): a primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce; cast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, [idiom] surely put away, trouble, thrust out.
• H2416 — חַי (chay, khah'-ee): from חָיָה; alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively; [phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
• H7704 — שָׂדֶה (sâdeh, saw-deh'): or שָׂדַי; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat); country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.
• H8077 — שְׁמָמָה (shᵉmâmâh, shem-aw-maw'): or שִׁמָמָה; feminine of שָׁמֵם; devastation; figuratively, astonishment; (laid, [idiom] most) desolate(-ion), waste.
• H8141 — שָׁנֶה (shâneh, shaw-neh'): (in plural or (feminine) שָׁנָה; from שָׁנָה; a year (as a revolution of time); [phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
• H6435 — פֵּן (pên, pane): from פָּנָה; properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest; (lest) (peradventure), that...not.

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