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And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. (KJV)
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וַיְהִ֛יvay.Hiand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
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 Kings 17:7 word 1
מִקֵּ֥ץmi.Ketzfrom [the] end of
Lemma: קֵץ (qets) · Strong's: H7093
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: end
Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 4:3, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 41:1, Exodus 12:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7093; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:7 word 2
יָמִ֖יםya.Mimdays
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: day
Used 1933 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117G; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:7 word 3
וַיִּיבַ֣שׁvai.yi.Vashand it dried up
Lemma: יָבֵשׁ (ya.vesh) · Strong's: H3001
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to wither
Used 59 times. Also: Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:14, Joshua 2:10, Joshua 4:23, Joshua 5:1, Joshua 9:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3001; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:7 word 4
הַנָּ֑חַלha.Na.chalthe wadi
Lemma: נַ֫חַל (na.chal) · Strong's: H5158A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: torrent: river
Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 32:23, Leviticus 11:9, Leviticus 11:10, Leviticus 23:40, Deuteronomy 2:37, Deuteronomy 3:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5158A; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:7 word 5
כִּ֛יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:7 word 6
לֹֽא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:7 word 7
הָיָ֥הha.Yahit had been
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
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 Kings 17:7 word 8
גֶ֖שֶׁםGe.shemrain
Lemma: גֶּ֫שֶׁם (ge.shem) · Strong's: H1653
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: rain
Used 35 times. Also: Genesis 7:12, Genesis 8:2, Leviticus 26:4, 1 Kings 17:14, 1 Kings 18:41, 1 Kings 18:44 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1653; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:7 word 9
בָּאָֽרֶץ\׃\ \סba.'A.retzin the land
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT 1 Kings 17:7 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Some time later, however | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| . . . | → | קֵץ H7093 end |
| . . . | → | יוֹם H3117G day |
| the brook | → | נַ֫חַל H5158A torrent: river |
| dried up | → | יָבֵשׁ H3001 to wither |
| because | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| there had been | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| no | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| rain | → | גֶּ֫שֶׁם H1653 rain |
| in the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
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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