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Saying , Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. (KJV)
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אַֽל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:22 word 1
תִּגְּעוּ֙ti.ge.'Uyou touch
Lemma: נָגַע (na.ga) · Strong's: H5060
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqj2mp)
Meaning: to touch
Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 26:11, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 28:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5060; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:22 word 2
בִּמְשִׁיחָ֔יbim.shi.Chai<in> anointed [ones] my
Lemma: מָשִׁיחַ (ma.shi.ach) · Strong's: H4899
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: anointed
Used 39 times. Also: Leviticus 4:3, Leviticus 4:5, Leviticus 4:16, Leviticus 6:22, 1 Samuel 2:10, 1 Samuel 2:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4899; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:22 word 3
וּבִנְבִיאַ֖יu.vin.vi.'Aiand to prophets my
Lemma: נָבִיא (na.vi) · Strong's: H5030
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: prophet
Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 20:7, Exodus 7:1, Numbers 11:29, Numbers 12:6, Deuteronomy 13:1, Deuteronomy 13:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5030; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:22 word 4
אַל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:22 word 5
תָּרֵֽעוּ\׃\ \פta.Re.'uyou do harm
Lemma: רָעַע (ra.a) · Strong's: H7489A
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhi2mp)
Meaning: be evil
Used 99 times. Also: Genesis 19:7, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 21:11, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 31:7, Genesis 38:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7489A; TAHOT 1 Chronicles 16:22 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| touch | → | נָגַע H5060 to touch |
| My anointed ones | → | מָשִׁיחַ H4899 anointed |
| Do no | → | אַל H0408 not |
| harm | → | רָעַע H7489A be evil |
| to My prophets | → | נָבִיא H5030 prophet |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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