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Exodus 23:30

In Exodus 23 of Exodus.

By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

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מְעַ֥טmeatlittleמְעַטnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “little”, the ordinary formH4592a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.מְעַ֛טmeatlittleמְעַטnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “little”, the ordinary formH4592a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.אֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּagareshenvdrive awayגָּרַשׁverb, piel, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “drive away”, an unfinished actionH1644to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorcecast up (out), divorced (woman), drive away (forth, out), expel, [idiom] surely put away, trouble, thrust out.מִפָּנֶ֑יךָmipaneykhafrom a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the 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(-…עַ֚דadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.אֲשֶׁ֣רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…תִּפְרֶ֔הtifrehbearפָּרָהverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bear”, an unfinished actionH6509to bear fruit (literally or figuratively)bear, bring forth (fruit), (be, cause to be, make) fruitful, grow, increase.וְנָחַלְתָּ֖venachaltaand inheritנָחַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and inherit”, a completed action in a sequenceH5157to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath, or (generally) distribute, instatedivide, have (inheritance), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause to, be made to) possess(-ion).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

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American Standard Version (1901)

By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

Young’s Literal Translation

little [by] little I cast them out from before thee, till thou art fruitful, and hast inherited the land.

World English Bible

Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.

Darby Translation

By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou art fruitful, and possess the land.

Douay-Rheims

By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, till thou be increased, and dost possess the land.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

By little and little I will cast them out from before thee, until thou shalt be increased and inherit the earth.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κατὰ μικρὸν ἐκβαλῶ αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ σοῦ, ἕως ἂν αὐξηθῇς καὶ κληρονομήσῃς τὴν γῆν.

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