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Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. (KJV)
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וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand therefore
Lemma: עַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H6258
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: now
Used 431 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 12:19, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6258; TAHOT 1 Samuel 21:3 word 1
מַה\־mah-what?
Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100
Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)
Meaning: what?
Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT 1 Samuel 21:3 word 2
יֵּ֧שׁyesh[is] there
Lemma: יֵשׁ (yesh) · Strong's: H3426
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)
Meaning: there
Used 138 times. Also: Genesis 18:24, Genesis 23:8, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:42, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 28:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3426; TAHOT 1 Samuel 21:3 word 3
תַּֽחַת\־ta.chat-under
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478K
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: owning
Used 14 times. Also: Exodus 18:10, Exodus 21:20, Judges 3:30, 1 Samuel 21:4, 1 Samuel 21:8, 2 Kings 8:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478K; TAHOT 1 Samuel 21:3 word 4
יָדְךָ֛ya.de.Khahand your
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027W
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand: owner
Used 18 times. Also: Exodus 18:10, Exodus 21:20, Judges 3:30, 1 Samuel 21:4, 1 Samuel 21:8, 2 Kings 8:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027W; TAHOT 1 Samuel 21:3 word 5
חֲמִשָּׁה\־cha.mi.shah-five
Lemma: חָמֵשׁ (cha.mesh) · Strong's: H2568
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: five
Used 342 times. Also: Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:11, Genesis 5:15, Genesis 5:17, Genesis 5:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2568; TAHOT 1 Samuel 21:3 word 6
לֶ֖חֶםLe.chembread[s]
Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: food: bread
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 14:18, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 27:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3899H; TAHOT 1 Samuel 21:3 word 7
תְּנָ֣הte.Nahgive !
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 21:3 word 8
בְיָדִ֑יve.ya.Diin hand my
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027W
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand: owner
Used 18 times. Also: Exodus 18:10, Exodus 21:20, Judges 3:30, 1 Samuel 21:4, 1 Samuel 21:8, 2 Kings 8:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027W; TAHOT 1 Samuel 21:3 word 9
א֖וֹ'oor
Lemma: אוֹ (o) · Strong's: H0176A
Parsing: Conjunction (HC)
Meaning: or
Used 320 times. Also: Genesis 24:49, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 24:55, Genesis 31:43, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0176A; TAHOT 1 Samuel 21:3 word 10
הַנִּמְצָֽא\׃ha.nim.Tza'that [which] may be found
Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)
Meaning: to find
Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT 1 Samuel 21:3 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Now then | → | עַתָּ֫ה H6258 now |
| what | → | מָה H4100 what? |
| do you have | → | יֵשׁ H3426 there |
| on | → | תַּחַת H8478K underneath: owning |
| hand | → | יָד H3027W hand: owner |
| Give [me] | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| . . . | → | יָד H3027W hand: owner |
| five [loaves of] | → | חָמֵשׁ H2568 five |
| bread | → | לֶ֫חֶם H3899H food: bread |
| or | → | אוֹ H0176A or |
| whatever can be found | → | מָצָא H4672 to find |
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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