KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Let me alone,” | הֶ֤רֶף | To slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative) | Let alone |
| “that I may destroy” | וְאַשְׁמִידֵ֔ם | To desolate | destroy |
| “them, and blot out” | וְאֶמְחֶ֣ה | Properly, to stroke or rub; by implication, to erase | blot out |
| “their name” | שְׁמָ֔ם | An appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character | name |
| “from under” | מִתַּ֖חַת | The bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc | under |
| “heaven:” | הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם | The sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) | heaven |
| “and I will make” | וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙ | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | make |
| “of” | אֽוֹתְךָ֔ | Properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc | of |
| “thee a nation” | לְגוֹי | A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts | nation |
| “mightier” | עָצ֥וּם | Powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous | mightier |
| “and greater” | וָרָ֖ב | Abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) | greater |
| “than” | מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | than |
| “they.” | מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ | Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses | they |
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12 And the Lord said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.
13 Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they.
15 So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
16 And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had commanded you.
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