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Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: (KJV)
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שִׁמְעִ֥יshim.'IShimei
Lemma: שִׁמְעִי (shim.i) · Strong's: H8096I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Shimei
Used 2 times. Also: 1 Kings 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8096I; TAHOT 1 Kings 4:18 word 1
בֶן\־ven-[the] son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT 1 Kings 4:18 word 2
אֵלָ֖א'e.La'Ela
Lemma: אֵלָא (e.la) · Strong's: H0414
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Ela
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0414; TAHOT 1 Kings 4:18 word 3
בְּבִנְיָמִֽן\׃\ \סbe.vin.ya.Minin Benjamin
Lemma: בִּנְיָמִין (bin.ya.min) · Strong's: H1144G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Benjamin
Used 157 times. Also: Genesis 35:18, Genesis 35:24, Genesis 42:4, Genesis 42:36, Genesis 43:14, Genesis 43:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1144G; TAHOT 1 Kings 4:18 word 4
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Shimei | → | שִׁמְעִי H8096I Shimei |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Ela | → | אֵלָא H0414 Ela |
| in Benjamin | → | בִּנְיָמִין H1144G Benjamin |
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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