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Exodus 18:18

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18:18 You will surely wear out, 1  both you and these people who are with you, for this is too 2  heavy a burden 3  for you; you are not able to do it by yourself.

1 tn The verb means “to fall and fade” as a leaf (Ps 1:3). In Ps 18:45 it is used figuratively of foes fading away, failing in strength and courage (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 166). Here the infinitive absolute construction heightens the meaning.

2 tn Gesenius lists the specialized use of the comparative min (מ) where with an adjective the thought expressed is that the quality is too difficult for the attainment of a particular aim (GKC 430 §133.c).

3 tn Here “a burden” has been supplied.



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