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And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; (KJV)
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וְצָד֧וֹקve.tza.Dokand Zadok
Lemma: צָדוֹק (tsa.doq) · Strong's: H6659G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Zadok
Used 42 times. Also: 2 Samuel 15:24, 2 Samuel 15:25, 2 Samuel 15:27, 2 Samuel 15:29, 2 Samuel 15:35, 2 Samuel 15:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6659G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:17 word 1
בֶּן\־ben-[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 2 Samuel 8:17 word 2
אֲחִיט֛וּב'a.chi.TuvAhitub
Lemma: אֲחִיטוּב (a.chi.tuv) · Strong's: H0285H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Ahitub
Used 5 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 6:7, 1 Chronicles 6:8, 1 Chronicles 6:52, 1 Chronicles 18:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0285H; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:17 word 3
וַאֲחִימֶ֥לֶךְva.'a.chi.Me.lekhand Ahimelech
Lemma: אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ (a.chi.me.lekh) · Strong's: H0288I
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Ahimelech
Used 4 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 24:3, 1 Chronicles 24:6, 1 Chronicles 24:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0288I; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:17 word 4
בֶּן\־ben-[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 2 Samuel 8:17 word 5
אֶבְיָתָ֖ר'ev.ya.TarAbiathar
Lemma: אֶבְיָתָר (ev.ya.tar) · Strong's: H0054
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Abiathar
Used 30 times. Also: 1 Samuel 22:20, 1 Samuel 22:21, 1 Samuel 22:22, 1 Samuel 23:6, 1 Samuel 23:9, 1 Samuel 30:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0054; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:17 word 6
כֹּהֲנִ֑יםko.ha.Nim[were] priests
Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: priest
Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:17 word 7
וּשְׂרָיָ֖הu.se.ra.Yahand Seraiah
Lemma: שְׂרָיָהוּ (se.ra.yah) · Strong's: H8304G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Seraiah
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8304G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:17 word 8
סוֹפֵֽר\׃so.Fer[was] secretary
Lemma: סֹפֵר (so.pher) · Strong's: H5608B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: secretary
Used 52 times. Also: Judges 5:14, 2 Samuel 20:25, 1 Kings 4:3, 2 Kings 12:10, 2 Kings 18:18, 2 Kings 18:37 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5608B; TAHOT 2 Samuel 8:17 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Zadok | → | צָדוֹק H6659G Zadok |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Ahitub | → | אֲחִיטוּב H0285H Ahitub |
| and Ahimelech | → | אֲחִימֶ֫לֶךְ H0288I Ahimelech |
| son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| of Abiathar | → | אֶבְיָתָר H0054 Abiathar |
| were priests | → | כֹּהֵן H3548 priest |
| Seraiah | → | שְׂרָיָהוּ H8304G Seraiah |
| was the scribe | → | סֹפֵר H5608B secretary |
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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