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When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. (KJV)

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בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶם֙bih.yot.Khemwhen were you

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:19 word 1

מְתֵ֣יme.Teimen of

Lemma: מַת (mat) · Strong's: H4962

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: man

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 34:30, Deuteronomy 2:34, Deuteronomy 3:6, Deuteronomy 4:27, Deuteronomy 26:5, Deuteronomy 28:62 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4962; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:19 word 2

מִסְפָּ֔רmis.Parnumber

Lemma: מִסְפָּר (mis.par) · Strong's: H4557

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: number

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 34:30, Genesis 41:49, Exodus 16:16, Exodus 23:26, Leviticus 25:15, Leviticus 25:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4557; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:19 word 3

כִּמְעַ֖טkim.'Atlike a few

Lemma: מְעַט (me.at) · Strong's: H4592

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: little

Used 101 times. Also: Genesis 18:4, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4592; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:19 word 4

וְגָרִ֥יםve.ga.Rimand sojourners

Lemma: גּוּר (gur) · Strong's: H1481A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

Meaning: to sojourn

Used 81 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 21:23, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 26:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1481A; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:19 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

When they were	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
few	→	מַת H4962 man
in number	→	מִסְפָּר H4557 number
few indeed	→	מְעַט H4592 little
and strangers	→	גּוּר H1481A to sojourn
in [the land]	→

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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