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And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. (KJV)

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וּכְא֥וֹרu.khe.'orand like [the] light of

Lemma: אוֹר (or) · Strong's: H0216

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: light

Used 121 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:18, Exodus 10:23, Judges 16:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0216; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:4 word 1

בֹּ֖קֶרBo.kermorning

Lemma: בֹּ֫קֶר (bo.qer) · Strong's: H1242

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: morning

Used 214 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:19, Genesis 1:23, Genesis 1:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1242; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:4 word 2

יִזְרַח\־yiz.rach-[when] it dawns

Lemma: זָרַח (za.rach) · Strong's: H2224

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to rise

Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 32:31, Exodus 22:3, Deuteronomy 33:2, Judges 9:33, 2 Kings 3:22, 2 Chronicles 26:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2224; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:4 word 3

שָׁ֑מֶשׁSha.mesh[the] sun

Lemma: שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (she.mesh) · Strong's: H8121

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: sun

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 15:12, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:23, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 32:31, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8121; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:4 word 4

בֹּ֚קֶרBo.kermorning

Lemma: בֹּ֫קֶר (bo.qer) · Strong's: H1242

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: morning

Used 214 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:19, Genesis 1:23, Genesis 1:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1242; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:4 word 5

לֹ֣אlo'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 2 Samuel 23:4 word 6

עָב֔וֹתa.Votclouds

Lemma: עָב (av) · Strong's: H5645

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: cloud

Used 31 times. Also: Exodus 19:9, Judges 5:4, 2 Samuel 22:12, 1 Kings 18:44, 1 Kings 18:45, Job 20:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5645; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:4 word 7

מִנֹּ֥גַהּmi.No.gahfrom brightness

Lemma: נֹ֫גַהּ (no.gah) · Strong's: H5051

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: brightness

Used 19 times. Also: 2 Samuel 22:13, Psalms 18:12, Proverbs 4:18, Isaiah 4:5, Isaiah 50:10, Isaiah 60:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5051; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:4 word 8

מִמָּטָ֖רmi.ma.Tarfrom rain

Lemma: מָטַר (ma.tar) · Strong's: H4306

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: rain

Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 9:33, Exodus 9:34, Deuteronomy 11:11, Deuteronomy 11:14, Deuteronomy 11:17, Deuteronomy 28:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4306; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:4 word 9

דֶּ֥שֶׁאDe.she'vegetation

Lemma: דֶּ֫שֶׁא (de.she) · Strong's: H1877

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: grass

Used 14 times. Also: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Deuteronomy 32:2, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 6:5, Job 38:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1877; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:4 word 10

מֵאָֽרֶץ\׃me.'A.retzfrom [the] earth

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: land: soil

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 23:4 word 11

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

is like the light	→	אוֹר H0216 light
of the morning	→	בֹּ֫קֶר H1242 morning
at sunrise	→	שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ H8121 sun
. . .	→	זָרַח H2224 to rise
of a cloudless	→	לֹא H3808 not
. . .	→	עָב H5645 cloud
dawn	→	בֹּ֫קֶר H1242 morning
the glistening	→	נֹ֫גַהּ H5051 brightness
after the rain	→	מָטַר H4306 rain
on the sprouting grass	→	דֶּ֫שֶׁא H1877 grass
of the earth	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776H land: soil

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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