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And I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Leave me alone so I may destroy them and erase their name from under heaven. Then I will make a mighty nation of your descendants, a nation larger and more powerful than they are.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. And I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Leave Me alone, that I may destroy them and wipe out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.&#8217<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and more numerous than they.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Let Me alone, so that I may destroy them and wipe out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Leave me alone, and I will destroy them and blot out their name under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Leave Me alone, and I will destroy them and blot out their name under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.&#8217&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So don't try to stop me! I am going to wipe them out, and no one on earth will remember they ever lived. Then I will let your descendants become an even bigger and more powerful nation than Israel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Leave me alone! I'll destroy them and wipe their name off the earth. Then I'll make you into a nation larger and stronger than they are."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Don't try to stop me. I intend to destroy them so that no one will remember them any longer. Then I will make you the father of a nation larger and more powerful than they are.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Let me alone! I will destroy them and blot out their name under heaven. Then I'll make you into a nation that will be mighty and more numerous than they are.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Leave Me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they are.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Stand aside and I will destroy them, obliterating their very name from memory, and I will make you into a stronger and more numerous nation than they are." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Leave me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Desist from Me, and I destroy them, and blot out their name from under the heavens, and I make you become a nation more mighty and numerous than it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> desist from Me, and I destroy them, and blot out their name from under the heavens, and I make thee become a nation more mighty and numerous than it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Desist from me and I will destroy them, and I will wipe off their name from under the heavens: and I will make thee into a nation strong and many above them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Let me alone that I may destroy them, and abolish their name from under heaven, and set thee over a nation, that is greater and stronger than this. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Depart from me, so that I may crush them, and abolish their name from under heaven, and appoint you over a nation, which will be greater and stronger than this one.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Let me be, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under the heavens. I will then make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Let me alone that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and more numerous than they.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Now let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Now let me destroy them and I shall blot out their name from under Heaven and I shall make you a stronger and more abundant people than they'.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And now suffer me utterly to destroy them, and I will blot out their name from under heaven, and will make of thee a nation great and strong, and more numerous than this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=2836" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/9.htm">The Golden Calf</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>The LORD also said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7503.htm" title="7503: he·rep̄ (V-Hifil-Imp-ms) -- Sink, relax. A primitive root; to slacken.">Leave Me alone,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8045.htm" title="8045: wə·’aš·mî·ḏêm (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf.h-1cs:: 3mp) -- To be exterminated or destroyed. A primitive root; to desolate.">so that I may destroy them</a> <a href="/hebrew/4229.htm" title="4229: wə·’em·ḥeh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.h-1cs) -- To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to.">and blot out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">their name</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nî (Prep:: 1cs) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/8478.htm" title="8478: mit·ta·ḥaṯ (Prep-m) -- Underneath, below, instead of. From the same as Towach; the bottom; only adverbially, below, in lieu of, etc.">under</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·mā·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">heaven.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·’e·‘ĕ·śeh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-1cs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">Then I will make</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·wṯ·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: lə·ḡō·w- (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">you into a nation</a> <a href="/hebrew/6099.htm" title="6099: ‘ā·ṣūm (Adj-ms) -- Mighty, numerous. Or matsum; passive participle of atsam; powerful; by implication, numerous.">mightier</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: wā·rāḇ (Conj-w:: Adj-ms) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">and greater</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nū (Prep:: 3ms) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">than they are.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>So I went back down the mountain while it was blazing with fire, with the two tablets of the covenant in my hands.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10</a></span><br />Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-12.htm">Numbers 14:12</a></span><br />I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-23.htm">Psalm 106:23</a></span><br />So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/18-23.htm">Genesis 18:23-32</a></span><br />Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? / What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? / Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32-33</a></span><br />Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.” / The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot out of My book.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/16-21.htm">Numbers 16:21</a></span><br />“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/16-45.htm">Numbers 16:45</a></span><br />“Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Isaiah 48:9</a></span><br />For the sake of My name I will delay My wrath; for the sake of My praise I will restrain it, so that you will not be cut off.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-16.htm">Jeremiah 7:16</a></span><br />As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-14.htm">Jeremiah 11:14</a></span><br />As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-11.htm">Jeremiah 14:11</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-8.htm">Ezekiel 20:8-9</a></span><br />But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt. / But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm">Matthew 3:9</a></span><br />And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/3-8.htm">Luke 3:8</a></span><br />Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-27.htm">Romans 9:27-29</a></span><br />Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved. / For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.” / It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.</p><p class="hdg">Let me</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-10.htm">Exodus 32:10-13</a></b></br> Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/62-6.htm">Isaiah 62:6,7</a></b></br> I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, <i>which</i> shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-11.htm">Jeremiah 14:11</a></b></br> Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for <i>their</i> good.</p><p class="hdg">blot</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/29-20.htm">Deuteronomy 29:20</a></b></br> The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32,33</a></b></br> Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/9-5.htm">Psalm 9:5</a></b></br> Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.</p><p class="hdg">and I will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/14-11.htm">Numbers 14:11,12</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/2-27.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/numbers/5-23.htm">Blot</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-20.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/acts/5-42.htm">Desist</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-8.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-19.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-1.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-24.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-1.htm">Mightier</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-23.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-22.htm">Numerous</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-1.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-1.htm">Stronger</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/16-20.htm">Alone</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-19.htm">Blot</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-1.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-16.htm">Desist</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-19.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-14.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-14.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-23.htm">Mightier</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-26.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-3.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Numerous</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-22.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-23.htm">Stronger</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-1.htm">Moses dissuades them from the opinion of their own righteousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/9-7.htm">Moses reminds them of the golden calf</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/9.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Let Me alone</b><br />This phrase is a divine imperative, indicating God's intense displeasure with the Israelites' idolatry and rebellion. The Hebrew root here is "hanach," which means to leave or permit. It suggests a moment of divine testing for Moses, where God is expressing His righteous anger but also inviting Moses to intercede. This reflects the intimate relationship between God and Moses, where God allows Moses to plead for the people, highlighting the power of intercessory prayer.<p><b>so that I may destroy them</b><br />The Hebrew word for "destroy" is "shamad," which conveys a complete and utter destruction. This is not merely a punishment but a total eradication of the sinful nation. Historically, this reflects the seriousness of covenantal breaches in the Ancient Near East, where breaking a covenant could lead to severe consequences. It underscores the holiness of God and the gravity of sin.<p><b>and blot out their name from under heaven</b><br />The phrase "blot out" comes from the Hebrew "machah," meaning to erase or obliterate. In ancient cultures, a name represented one's identity and legacy. To have one's name blotted out was to be forgotten entirely, a fate worse than death. This highlights the severity of Israel's sin and the potential loss of their covenantal identity.<p><b>Then I will make you into a nation mightier and greater than they</b><br />Here, God offers Moses a new beginning, promising to make him the progenitor of a new, more faithful nation. The Hebrew word for "mightier" is "atzum," meaning strong or powerful, and "greater" is "gadol," meaning large or significant. This promise echoes God's covenant with Abraham, emphasizing God's faithfulness and the potential for renewal despite human failure. It also tests Moses' humility and leadership, as he chooses to intercede for the people rather than accept personal glory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Let Me alone,</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶ֤רֶף</span> <span class="translit">(he·rep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7503.htm">Strong's 7503: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sink, relax</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that I may destroy them</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַשְׁמִידֵ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’aš·mî·ḏêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8045.htm">Strong's 8045: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be exterminated or destroyed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and blot out</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶמְחֶ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’em·ḥeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4229.htm">Strong's 4229: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stroke, rub, to erase, to smooth, grease, make fat, to touch, reach to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their name</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁמָ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(šə·mām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> </span><span class="str2">A name</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">under</span><br /><span class="heb">מִתַּ֖חַת</span> <span class="translit">(mit·ta·ḥaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8478.htm">Strong's 8478: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bottom, below, in lieu of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">heaven.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·mā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Then I will make</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶֽעֱשֶׂה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’e·‘ĕ·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you into a nation</span><br /><span class="heb">לְגוֹי־</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḡō·w-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mightier</span><br /><span class="heb">עָצ֥וּם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·ṣūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6099.htm">Strong's 6099: </a> </span><span class="str2">Powerful, numerous</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and greater</span><br /><span class="heb">וָרָ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(wā·rāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">than they.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mim·men·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Deuteronomy 9:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 9:14 Let me alone that I may destroy (Deut. 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