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Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits , that thy master’s son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. (KJV)
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וְעָבַ֣דְתָּve.'a.Vad.taand you will work
Lemma: עָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H5647I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)
Meaning: to serve: labour
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:15, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:12, Exodus 20:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5647I; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 1
אֶֽת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 2
הָאֲדָמָ֡הha.'a.da.Mahthe land
Lemma: אֲדָמָה (a.da.mah) · Strong's: H0127G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: soil
Used 199 times. Also: Genesis 1:25, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0127G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 3
אַתָּה֩'a.Tahyou
Lemma: אַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H0859A
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Singular (HPp2ms)
Meaning: you(m.s.)
Used 739 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 4:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0859A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 4
וּבָנֶ֨יךָu.va.Nei.khaand sons your
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
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 9:10 word 5
וַעֲבָדֶ֜יךָva.'a.va.Dei.khaand servants your
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 6
וְהֵבֵ֗אתָve.he.Ve.taand you will bring
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935P
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhq2ms)
Meaning: to come (in): bring
Used 547 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:3, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935P; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 7
וְהָיָ֨הve.ha.Yahand it will be
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
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 9:10 word 8
לְבֶן\־le.ven-for [the] son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 9
אֲדֹנֶ֤יךָ'a.do.Nei.khamaster<s> your
Lemma: אָדוֹן (a.don) · Strong's: H0113
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: lord
Used 332 times. Also: Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:12, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 23:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0113; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 10
לֶּ֙חֶם֙le.chemfood
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 2 Samuel 9:10 word 11
וַאֲכָל֔וֹva.'a.kha.Loand he will eat it
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 12
וּמְפִיבֹ֙שֶׁת֙u.me.fi.Vo.shetand Mephibosheth
Lemma: מְפִיבֹשֶׁת (me.phi.vo.shet) · Strong's: H4648G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Mephibosheth
Used 17 times. Also: 2 Samuel 4:4, 2 Samuel 9:6, 2 Samuel 9:11, 2 Samuel 9:12, 2 Samuel 9:13, 2 Samuel 16:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4648G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 13
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 14
אֲדֹנֶ֔יךָ'a.do.Nei.khamaster<s> your
Lemma: אָדוֹן (a.don) · Strong's: H0113
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: lord
Used 332 times. Also: Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:12, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 23:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0113; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 15
יֹאכַ֥לyo.Khalhe will eat
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 16
תָּמִ֛ידta.Midcontinually
Lemma: תָּמִיד (ta.mid) · Strong's: H8548
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: continually
Used 104 times. Also: Exodus 25:30, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 28:29, Exodus 28:30, Exodus 28:38, Exodus 29:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8548; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 17
לֶ֖חֶםLe.chemfood
Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: food
Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 43:31, Genesis 43:32, Genesis 47:12, Genesis 47:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3899G; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 18
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 19
שֻׁלְחָנִ֑יshul.cha.Nitable my
Lemma: שֻׁלְחָן (shul.chan) · Strong's: H7979
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: table
Used 71 times. Also: Exodus 25:23, Exodus 25:27, Exodus 25:28, Exodus 25:30, Exodus 26:35, Exodus 30:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7979; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 20
וּלְצִיבָ֗אu.le.tzi.Va'and [belonged] to Ziba
Lemma: צִיבָא (tsi.va) · Strong's: H6717
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Ziba
Used 16 times. Also: 2 Samuel 9:2, 2 Samuel 9:3, 2 Samuel 9:4, 2 Samuel 9:9, 2 Samuel 9:11, 2 Samuel 9:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6717; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 21
חֲמִשָּׁ֥הcha.mi.Shahfif-
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 2 Samuel 9:10 word 22
עָשָׂ֛ר'a.Sarteen
Lemma: עָשָׂר (a.sar) · Strong's: H6240
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: ten
Used 337 times. Also: Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:20, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 11:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6240; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 23
בָּנִ֖יםba.Nimsons
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
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 9:10 word 24
וְעֶשְׂרִ֥יםve.'es.Rimand twenty
Lemma: עֶשְׂרִים (es.rim) · Strong's: H6242
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: twenty
Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 6:3, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 11:24, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 23:1, Genesis 31:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6242; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 25
עֲבָדִֽים\׃'a.va.Dimservants
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT 2 Samuel 9:10 word 26
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You | → | אַתָּ֫ה H0859A you(m.s.) |
| and your sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| and servants | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
| are to work | → | עָבַד H5647I to serve: labour |
| the ground | → | אֲדָמָה H0127G land: soil |
| for him | → | |
| and bring in [the harvest] | → | בּוֹא H0935P to come (in): bring |
| so that your master’s | → | אָדוֹן H0113 lord |
| grandson | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| may have | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| food | → | לֶ֫חֶם H3899H food: bread |
| to eat | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| But Mephibosheth | → | מְפִיבֹשֶׁת H4648G Mephibosheth |
| your master’s | → | אָדוֹן H0113 lord |
| grandson | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| is always | → | תָּמִיד H8548 continually |
| . . . | → | לֶ֫חֶם H3899H food: bread |
| to eat | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| at | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| my table | → | שֻׁלְחָן H7979 table |
| Now Ziba | → | צִיבָא H6717 Ziba |
| had fifteen | → | חָמֵשׁ H2568 five |
| . . . | → | עָשָׂר H6240 ten |
| sons | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| and twenty | → | עֶשְׂרִים H6242 twenty |
| servants | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
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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