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Exodus 23:31 — King James Version← Study notes

And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee.


Exodus 23:31Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 23:3119 words
וְשַׁתִּיwəšatîAnd place
אֶתʾet
גְּבֻלְךָgəvuləḵāCord
מִיַּםmîmFrom sea
סוּףsûp̄Reed
וְעַדwəʿadAnd as far
יָםyāmSea
פְּלִשְׁתִּיםpəlišətîmPelishtite
וּמִמִּדְבָּרûmimidəbārAnd from pasture
עַדʿadAs far
הַנָּהָרhanāhārThe stream
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֶתֵּןʾetēnGive
בְּיֶדְכֶםbəyedəḵemIn hand
אֵתʾēt
יֹשְׁבֵיyōšəvêSit
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וְגֵרַשְׁתָּמוֹwəgērašətāmwōAnd drive out
מִפָּנֶיךָmipāneyḵāFrom face
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְשַׁתִּיwəšatîAnd place
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
גְּבֻלְךָgəvuləḵāCord
מִיַּםmîmFrom sea
סוּףsûp̄Reed
וְעַדwəʿadAnd as far
יָםyāmSea
פְּלִשְׁתִּיםpəlišətîmPelishtite
וּמִמִּדְבָּרûmimidəbārAnd from pasture
עַדʿadAs far
הַנָּהָרhanāhārThe stream
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֶתֵּןʾetēnGive
בְּיֶדְכֶםbəyedəḵemIn hand
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
יֹשְׁבֵיyōšəvêSit
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
וְגֵרַשְׁתָּמוֹwəgērašətāmwōAnd drive out
מִפָּנֶיךָmipāneyḵāFrom face

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