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And Bath-sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. (KJV)
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וַתֹּ֥אמֶרva.To.merand she said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:18 word 1
בַּת\־bat-Bath-
Lemma: בַּת־שֶׁ֫בַע (bat-she.va) · Strong's: H1339
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Bathsheba
Used 22 times. Also: 2 Samuel 11:3, 2 Samuel 12:24, 1 Kings 1:11, 1 Kings 1:15, 1 Kings 1:16, 1 Kings 1:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1339; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:18 word 2
שֶׁ֖בַעShe.va'-sheba
Lemma: בַּת־שֶׁ֫בַע (bat-she.va) · Strong's: H1339
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Bathsheba
Used 22 times. Also: 2 Samuel 11:3, 2 Samuel 12:24, 1 Kings 1:11, 1 Kings 1:15, 1 Kings 1:16, 1 Kings 1:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1339; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:18 word 3
ט֑וֹבTovgood
Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: pleasant
Used 384 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 6:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2896A; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:18 word 4
אָנֹכִ֕י'a.no.KhiI
Lemma: אָֽנֹכִ֫י (a.no.khi) · Strong's: H0595
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0595; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:18 word 5
אֲדַבֵּ֥ר'a.da.BerI will speak
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:18 word 6
עָלֶ֖יךָ'a.Lei.khaon you
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:18 word 7
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:18 word 8
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ\׃ha.Me.lekhthe king
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT 1 Kings 2:18 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Very well | → | טוֹב H2896A pleasant |
| Bathsheba | → | בַּת־שֶׁ֫בַע H1339 Bathsheba |
| replied | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| I | → | אָֽנֹכִ֫י H0595 I |
| will speak | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| for you | → | עַל H5921A upon |
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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