Exodus 1:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הָ֥בָה נִֽתְחַכְּמָ֖ה ל֑וֹ פֶּן־יִרְבֶּ֗ה וְהָיָ֞ה כִּֽי־תִקְרֶ֤אנָה מִלְחָמָה֙ וְנוֹסַ֤ף גַּם־הוּא֙ עַל־שֹׂ֣נְאֵ֔ינוּ וְנִלְחַם־בָּ֖נוּ וְעָלָ֥ה מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

hābâ nit-ḥakkəmâ to him pen-yirbeh and hāyâ when tiqreʾnâ milḥāmâ and nôsap̄ also he upon śōnʾênû and nilḥam against us and ʿālâ from the ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

*hābâ*: imperative, 2nd masculine singular - 'come, give'
*nit-ḥakkəmâ*: verb, Hithpael imperfect, 1st plural cohortative - 'let us deal wisely'
ל֑וֹ: preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - 'to/with him/it'
*pen*-*yirbeh*: conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'lest he multiply'
וְהָיָ֞ה: conjunction *wə-* + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and it will be'
כִּֽי־תִקְרֶ֤אנָה: conjunction + verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine plural - 'when they happen'
*milḥāmâ*: noun, feminine singular - 'war'
וְנוֹסַ֤ף: conjunction *wə-* + verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he will be added'
גַּם־הוּא֙: adverb + 3rd masculine singular pronoun - 'also he'
עַל־שֹׂ֣נְאֵ֔ינוּ: preposition + participle, masculine plural, Qal + 1st person plural suffix - 'upon those hating us'
וְנִלְחַם־בָּ֖נוּ: conjunction *wə-* + verb, Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 1st person plural suffix - 'and he will fight against us'
וְעָלָ֥ה: conjunction *wə-* + verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - 'and he will go up'
מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - 'from the land'

Word Meanings

*hābâ*: come, give, let us
*nit-ḥakkəmâ*: let us deal wisely, let us act shrewdly
*pen*: lest, otherwise
*yirbeh*: he will multiply, increase, become many
*hāyâ*: it will be, it will happen
*tiqreʾnâ*: they happen, befall, occur
*milḥāmâ*: war, battle, fighting
*nôsap̄*: he will be added, joined
*śōnʾênû*: those hating us, our enemies
*nilḥam*: he will fight, do battle
*ʿālâ*: he will go up, ascend, depart

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Referenced Verses

Acts 7:19 : 19 The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.
Ps 83:3-4 : 3 Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones. 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Ps 105:25 : 25 He turned their heart to hate his people, To deal subtly with his servants.
Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
Prov 16:25 : 25 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
Prov 21:30 : 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.
Acts 23:12 : 12 And when it was day, {G5100} the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
1 Cor 3:18-20 : 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness: 20 and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise that they are vain.
Jas 3:15-18 : 15 This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first {G3303} pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, {G2532} without hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.
Num 22:6 : 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
Job 5:13 : 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
Ps 10:2 : 2 In the pride of the wicked the poor is hotly pursued; Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

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