Exodus 23:28 — King James Version← Study notes

“And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.”

Exodus 23:28 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 23:2812 words

וְשָׁלַחְתִּיwəšālaḥətîAnd send

אֶתʾet—

הַצִּרְעָהhaṣirəʿāhThe wasp

לְפָנֶיךָləp̄āneyḵāTo face

וְגֵרְשָׁהwəgērəšāhAnd drive out

אֶתʾet—

הַחִוִּיhaḥiûyThe Chivvite

אֶתʾet—

הַכְּנַעֲנִיhakənaʿănîThe Kenaanite

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite

מִלְּפָנֶיךָmiləp̄āneyḵāFrom to face

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְשָׁלַחְתִּיwəšālaḥətîAnd send

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַצִּרְעָהhaṣirəʿāhThe wasp

לְפָנֶיךָləp̄āneyḵāTo face

וְגֵרְשָׁהwəgērəšāhAnd drive out

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַחִוִּיhaḥiûyThe Chivvite

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַכְּנַעֲנִיhakənaʿănîThe Kenaanite

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite

מִלְּפָנֶיךָmiləp̄āneyḵāFrom to face

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