“Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
בְּ/רִשְׁעַ֣תbərišəʿat
in the wickedness ofpronH7564
wickedly
הַ/גּוֹיִ֣םhagwōyim
the nationsparticleH1471
heathen · nation · people
הָ/אֵ֗לֶּהhāʾēleh
theseparticleH428
so · some · such · them ···
יְהוָ֤הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ֙ʾĕlōheykā
God yournounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
מוֹרִישָׁ֣/םmwōriyšām
is dispossessing themverbH3423
consume · destroy · disinherit · dispossess ···
מִ/פָּנֶ֔י/ךָmipāneykā
from before youpronH6440
accept · against · anger · as ···
וּ/לְמַ֜עַןwləmaʿan
and so asconjH4616
to the end that · for (to · ... 's sake) · lest ···
הָקִ֣יםhāqiym
to carry outverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/דָּבָ֗רhadābār
the wordparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
נִשְׁבַּ֤עnišəbaʿ
he sworeverbH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
לַ/אֲבֹתֶ֔י/ךָlaʾăbōteykā
to ancestors yourpronH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
לְ/אַבְרָהָ֥םləʾabərāhām
to AbrahampronH85
לְ/יִצְחָ֖קləyiṣəḥāq
to IsaacpronH3327
וּֽ/לְ/יַעֲקֹֽבwləyaʿăqōb
and to JacobconjH3290
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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