18:18 You will surely wear out,32 both you and these people who are with you, for this is too33 heavy a burden34 for you; you are not able to do it by yourself.
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.
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tn Gesenius lists the specialized use of the comparative min (ם) where with an adjective the thought expressed is that the quality is too difficult for the attainment of a particular aim (GKC430§133.c).