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And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.) (KJV)
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וַיִּבְרְח֥וּvai.yiv.re.Chuand they fled
Lemma: בָּרַח (ba.rach) · Strong's: H1272
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to flee
Used 65 times. Also: Genesis 16:6, Genesis 16:8, Genesis 27:43, Genesis 31:20, Genesis 31:21, Genesis 31:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1272; TAHOT 2 Samuel 4:3 word 1
הַבְּאֵרֹתִ֖יםha.be.'e.ro.Timthe Beerothites
Lemma: בְּאֵרֹתִי (be.e.ro.ti) · Strong's: H0886
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Beerothite
Used 5 times. Also: 2 Samuel 4:2, 2 Samuel 4:5, 2 Samuel 4:9, 2 Samuel 23:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0886; TAHOT 2 Samuel 4:3 word 2
גִּתָּ֑יְמָהgi.Ta.ye.mahGittaim towards
Lemma: גִּתָּ֑יִם (git.ta.yim) · Strong's: H1664
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Gittaim
Used 2 times. Also: Nehemiah 11:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1664; TAHOT 2 Samuel 4:3 word 3
וַֽיִּהְיוּ\־vai.yih.yu-and they have been
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT 2 Samuel 4:3 word 4
שָׁ֣םshamthere
Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: there
Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 4:3 word 5
גָּרִ֔יםga.Rimsojourners
Lemma: גּוּר (gur) · Strong's: H1481A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to sojourn
Used 81 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 21:23, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 26:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1481A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 4:3 word 6
עַ֖ד'aduntil
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT 2 Samuel 4:3 word 7
הַיּ֥וֹםhai.Yomthe day
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: day: today
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 19:37, Genesis 19:38, Genesis 22:14, Genesis 25:31, Genesis 25:33, Genesis 26:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117L; TAHOT 2 Samuel 4:3 word 8
הַזֶּֽה\׃\ \סha.Zeh<the> this
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT 2 Samuel 4:3 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| because the Beerothites | → | בְּאֵרֹתִי H0886 Beerothite |
| fled | → | בָּרַח H1272 to flee |
| to Gittaim | → | גִּתָּ֑יִם H1664 Gittaim |
| and have lived | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| there | → | שָׁם H8033G there |
| as foreigners | → | גּוּר H1481A to sojourn |
| to | → | עַד H5704 till |
| this | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| day | → | יוֹם H3117L day: today |
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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