King James Version

Numbers 33:53

And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.

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וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֥םvehorashtemand expelיָרַשׁconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and expel”, a completed action in a sequenceH3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruincast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, [idiom] without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) [phrase] magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have)…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).הָאָ֖רֶץhaaretsthe 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.וִֽישַׁבְתֶּםvishavtemand dwellיָשַׁבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and dwell”, a completed action in a sequenceH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…בָּ֑הּbahinבָּ֑הּpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “in”inכִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…לָכֶ֛םlakhemtoלָכֶ֛םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”toנָתַ֥תִּיnatatigiveנָתַןverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “give”, a completed actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…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).הָאָ֖רֶץhaaretsthe 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.לָרֶ֥שֶׁתlareshetto expelיָרַשׁpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to expel”, the to-form of the verbH3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruincast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, [idiom] without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) [phrase] magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have)…אֹתָֽהּotahobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “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).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And ye shall drive out the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.

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American Standard Version (1901)

and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.

Young’s Literal Translation

and ye have possessed the land, and dwelt in it, for to you I have given the land — to possess it.

World English Bible

You shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for I have given the land to you to possess it.

Darby Translation

and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein, for to you have I given the land to possess it.

Douay-Rheims

Cleansing the land, and dwelling in it. For I have given it you for a possession.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And ye shall drive out the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And ye shall destroy all the inhabitants of the land, and ye shall dwell in it, for I have given their land to you for an inheritance.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀπολεῖτε πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν γῆν, καὶ κατοικήσετε ἐν αὐτῇ, ὑμῖν γὰρ δέδωκα τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν ἐν κλήρῳ.