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And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him , Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. (KJV)
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וַיַּ֤עַןvai.Ya.'anand he answered
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6030B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to answer
Used 314 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:14, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 27:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6030B; TAHOT 1 Kings 20:11 word 1
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king of
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
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 20:11 word 2
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT 1 Kings 20:11 word 3
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
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 20:11 word 4
דַּבְּר֔וּda.be.Ruspeak
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVpv2mp)
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 20:11 word 5
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 Kings 20:11 word 6
יִתְהַלֵּ֥לyit.ha.Lelhe boast
Lemma: הָלַל (ha.lal) · Strong's: H1984H
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVtj3ms)
Meaning: to boast: boast
Used 24 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 16:10, Psalms 10:3, Psalms 34:2, Psalms 44:8, Psalms 49:6, Psalms 52:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1984H; TAHOT 1 Kings 20:11 word 7
חֹגֵ֖רcho.Ger[one who] girds on
Lemma: חָגַר (cha.gar) · Strong's: H2296
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to gird
Used 44 times. Also: Exodus 12:11, Exodus 29:9, Leviticus 8:7, Leviticus 8:13, Leviticus 16:4, Deuteronomy 1:41 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2296; TAHOT 1 Kings 20:11 word 8
כִּמְפַתֵּֽחַ\׃kim.fa.Te.achlike [one who] loosens
Lemma: פָּתַח (pa.tach) · Strong's: H6605A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)
Meaning: to open
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 7:11, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 30:22, Genesis 41:56 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6605A; TAHOT 1 Kings 20:11 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And the king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| of Israel | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| . . . | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| replied | → | עָנָה H6030B to answer |
| Tell him | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| The one putting on [his armor] | → | חָגַר H2296 to gird |
| should not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| boast | → | הָלַל H1984H to boast: boast |
| like one taking [it off] | → | פָּתַח H6605A to open |
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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