What Does Exodus 13:5 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“shall bring”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“And it shall be when the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

near, with or among; often in general, to

“thee a land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“of the Canaanites”

a kenaanite or inhabitant of kenaan; by implication, a pedlar (the canaanites standing for their neighbors the ishmaelites, who conducted mercantile c

“and the Hittites”

a chittite, or descendant of cheth

“and the Amorites”

an emorite, one of the canaanitish tribes

“and the Hivites”

a chivvite, one of the indigenous tribes of palestine

“and the Jebusites”

a jebusite or inhabitant of jebus

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“which he sware”

to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

“unto thy fathers”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

“to give”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“thee a land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“flowing”

to flow freely (as water), i.e., (specifically) to have a (sexual) flux; figuratively, to waste away; also to overflow

“with milk”

milk (as the richness of kine)

“and honey”

honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup

“that thou shalt keep”

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“this service”

work of any kind

this (often used adverb)

“in this month”

the new moon; by implication, a month

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that