Original Language Studio
Deuteronomy 4:38
“To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יָרַשׁyârash · yaw-rash'
H3423 · Hebrew
H3423 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
- Derivation
- or יָרֵשׁ; a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, [idiom] without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) [phrase] magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, [idiom] utterly.
- Grammar
- לְ — preposition
- הוֹרִ֗ישׁ — verb Hiphil, infinitive construct
- Usage
- Occurs 232 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 15:3Genesis 15:4Genesis 15:4Genesis 15:7Genesis 15:8
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָרַשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.