Exodus 1:10
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Berean Study Bible
Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.

Young's Literal Translation
give help! let us act wisely concerning it, lest it multiply, and it hath come to pass, when war happeneth, that it hath been joined, even it, unto those hating us, and hath fought against us, and hath gone out up of the land.’

King James Bible
Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and [so] get them up out of the land.

Hebrew
Come,
הָ֥בָה (hā·ḇāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3051: To give, to put, imperatively, come

we must deal shrewdly with them,
נִֽתְחַכְּמָ֖ה (niṯ·ḥak·kə·māh)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's 2449: To be wise

or
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's 6435: Removal, lest

they will increase even more;
יִרְבֶּ֗ה (yir·beh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

and if
וְהָיָ֞ה (wə·hā·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a war
מִלְחָמָה֙ (mil·ḥā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4421: A battle, war

breaks out,
תִקְרֶ֤אנָה (ṯiq·re·nāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural
Strong's 7122: To encounter, befall

they
הוּא֙ (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

may join
וְנוֹסַ֤ף (wə·nō·w·sap̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3254: To add, augment

our enemies,
שֹׂ֣נְאֵ֔ינוּ (śō·nə·’ê·nū)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 8130: To hate

fight against us,
וְנִלְחַם־ (wə·nil·ḥam-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3898: To feed on, to consume, to battle

and leave
וְעָלָ֥ה (wə·‘ā·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

the country.”
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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