Exodus 23:30:3Exod.23.30.W3TAB
אֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּ
agorshennoo
“I will drive it out”
- Transliteration
- a-gor-SHEN-noo
- Extended
- ah-gohr-SHEHN-noo
- IPA
- /ʔă.ɣɔrˈʃɛn.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will drive it out
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Gimel | g as in good | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-gor-SHEN-noo
- clause
meh-AT meh-AT a-gor-SHEN-noo mip-pa-NE-kha
- sentence
meh-AT meh-AT a-gor-SHEN-noo mip-pa-NE-kha AD a-SHER tif-RE ve-na-khal-TA ET-ha-AA-rets
Exegesis
The Hiphil imperfect agarshennu {אֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּ | ’ăḡāršěnû} expresses causative agency.
Root and etymology
“to drive out, expel”
In context — Exodus 23:30
Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you are fruitful and you inherit the land.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:30:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Exodus 23:30, so the Hebrew word אֲגָרְשֶׁ֖נּוּ (agorshennoo) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.23.30.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.30.W3.S1) and character.