Exodus 23:31

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְשַׁתִּ֣י אֶת־גְּבֻלְךָ֗ מִיַּם־סוּף֙ וְעַד־יָ֣ם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וּמִמִּדְבָּ֖ר עַד־הַנָּהָ֑ר כִּ֣י ׀ אֶתֵּ֣ן בְּיֶדְכֶ֗ם אֵ֚ת יֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ וְגֵרַשְׁתָּ֖מוֹ מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

And-šattî ʾet-gĕbulĕkā from-yam-sûp and-until-yām pĕlištîm and-from-midbār until-the-nāhār for I-will-ʾettēn in-yedkem ʾēt yōšĕbê the-ʾāreṣ and-gēraštāmô from-before-you

Grammar Details

• *šattî*: qal perfect 1st person common singular with waw consecutive (functions as imperfect) - I will set/place
• *gĕbulĕkā*: noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your border/territory
• *yam*: noun masculine singular construct - sea of
• *sûp*: noun masculine singular - reed/end
• *yām*: noun masculine singular construct - sea of
• *pĕlištîm*: proper noun, gentilic masculine plural - Philistines
• *midbār*: noun masculine singular - wilderness/desert
• *nāhār*: noun masculine singular - river
• *ʾettēn*: qal imperfect 1st person common singular - I will give
• *yedkem*: noun feminine singular with 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your hand
• *yōšĕbê*: qal participle masculine plural construct - inhabitants of
• *ʾāreṣ*: noun feminine singular - land/earth
• *gēraštāmô*: piel perfect 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix with waw consecutive (functions as imperfect) - you will drive them out

Word Meanings

• *šattî*: I will set/place/establish
• *gĕbulĕkā*: your border/territory/boundary
• *yam-sûp*: Sea of Reeds/Red Sea
• *yām pĕlištîm*: Sea of the Philistines/Mediterranean Sea
• *midbār*: wilderness/desert
• *nāhār*: river (likely Euphrates)
• *yōšĕbê*: inhabitants/dwellers/residents of
• *gēraštāmô*: you will drive them out/expel them/cast them out

Referenced Verses

• Gen 15:18 : 18 In that day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
• Deut 11:24 : 24 Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the hinder sea shall be your border.
• Josh 21:44 : 44 And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.
• Josh 1:4 : 4 From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.
• Num 34:3-9 : 3 then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward; 4 and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin; and the goings out thereof shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Azmon; 5 and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the sea. 6 And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea and the border [thereof]: this shall be your west border. 7 And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor; 8 from mount Hor ye shall mark out unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings out of the border shall be at Zedad; 9 and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan: this shall be your north border. 10 And ye shall mark out your east border from Hazar-enan to Shepham; 11 and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward; 12 and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to the borders thereof round about. 13 And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which Jehovah hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half - tribe; 14 for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half - tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance: 15 the two tribes and the half - tribe have received their inheritance beyond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
• Judg 1:4 : 4 And Judah went up; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
• Judg 11:21 : 21 And Jehovah, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
• 1 Kgs 4:21 : 21 And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
• 1 Kgs 4:24 : 24 For he had dominion over all [the region] on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings on this side the River: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
• Ps 72:8 : 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, And from the River unto the ends of the earth.
• 1 Kgs 20:13 : 13 And, behold, a prophet came near unto Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus saith Jehovah, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thy hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah.
• 1 Sam 23:4 : 4 Then David inquired of Jehovah yet again. And Jehovah answered him, and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.
• Josh 23:14 : 14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof.
• Josh 24:8 : 8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that dwelt beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and ye possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.
• Josh 24:12 : 12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
• Josh 24:18 : 18 and Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites that dwelt in the land: therefore we also will serve Jehovah; for he is our God.
• Deut 3:2 : 2 And Jehovah said unto me, Fear him not; for I have delivered him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.
• Num 21:34 : 34 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.
• Josh 8:7 : 7 and ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.
• Josh 8:18 : 18 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thy hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
• Josh 10:8 : 8 And Jehovah said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thy hands; there shall not a man of them stand before thee.
• Josh 10:19 : 19 but stay not ye; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for Jehovah your God hath delivered them into your hand.