Exodus 18:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.

Young's Literal Translation
thou dost surely wear away, both thou, and this people which [is] with thee, for the thing is too heavy for thee, thou art not able to do it by thyself.

King James Bible
Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that [is] with thee: for this thing [is] too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

Hebrew
Surely
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

you
אַתָּ֕ה (’at·tāh)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

and
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

these
הַזֶּ֖ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

people
הָעָ֥ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

with you
עִמָּ֑ךְ (‘im·māḵ)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

will wear yourselves out,
נָבֹ֣ל (nā·ḇōl)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 5034: To wilt, to fall away, fail, faint, to be foolish, wicked, to despise, disgrace

because
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the task
הַדָּבָ֔ר (had·dā·ḇār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

is too heavy
כָבֵ֤ד (ḵā·ḇêḏ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3515: Heavy

for you.
מִמְּךָ֙ (mim·mə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

You cannot
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

handle
עֲשֹׂ֖הוּ (‘ă·śō·hū)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

it alone.
לְבַדֶּֽךָ׃ (lə·ḇad·de·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 910: Isolation, separation

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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