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← Daniel 9 · ← verse 2 · verse 4 →

And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: (KJV)

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וָאֶתְּנָ֣הva.'e.te.Nahand I set !

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)

Meaning: to give: put

Used 395 times. Also: Genesis 1:17, Genesis 9:13, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 18:8, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5414H; TAHOT Daniel 9:3 word 1

אֶת\־'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 Daniel 9:3 word 2

פָּנַ֗יpa.Naiface my

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: face

Used 411 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:16, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 11:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440H; TAHOT Daniel 9:3 word 3

אֶל\־'el-to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Daniel 9:3 word 4

אֲדֹנָי֙'a.do.Nai[the] Lord

Lemma: אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) · Strong's: H0136

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: Lord

Used 440 times. Also: Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:8, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 18:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0136; TAHOT Daniel 9:3 word 5

הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> God

Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: God

Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Daniel 9:3 word 6

לְבַקֵּ֥שׁle.va.Keshto seek

Lemma: בָּקַשׁ (ba.qash) · Strong's: H1245

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)

Meaning: to seek

Used 225 times. Also: Genesis 31:39, Genesis 37:15, Genesis 37:16, Genesis 43:9, Genesis 43:30, Exodus 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1245; TAHOT Daniel 9:3 word 7

תְּפִלָּ֖הte.fi.Lahprayer

Lemma: תְּפִלָּה (te.phil.lah) · Strong's: H8605

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

Meaning: prayer

Used 77 times. Also: 2 Samuel 7:27, 1 Kings 8:28, 1 Kings 8:29, 1 Kings 8:38, 1 Kings 8:45, 1 Kings 8:49 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8605; TAHOT Daniel 9:3 word 8

וְתַחֲנוּנִ֑יםve.ta.cha.nu.Nimand supplications

Lemma: תַּחֲנוּן (ta.cha.nun) · Strong's: H8469

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: supplication

Used 18 times. Also: 2 Chronicles 6:21, Job 41:3, Psalms 28:2, Psalms 28:6, Psalms 31:22, Psalms 86:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8469; TAHOT Daniel 9:3 word 9

בְּצ֖וֹםbe.Tzomwith fasting

Lemma: צוֹם (tsom) · Strong's: H6685

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

Meaning: fast

Used 26 times. Also: 2 Samuel 12:16, 1 Kings 21:9, 1 Kings 21:12, 2 Chronicles 20:3, Ezra 8:21, Nehemiah 9:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6685; TAHOT Daniel 9:3 word 10

וְשַׂ֥קve.Sakand sackcloth

Lemma: שַׂק (saq) · Strong's: H8242

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

Meaning: sackcloth

Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 37:34, Genesis 42:25, Genesis 42:27, Genesis 42:35, Leviticus 11:32, Joshua 9:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8242; TAHOT Daniel 9:3 word 11

וָאֵֽפֶר\׃va.'E.ferand ash[es]

Lemma: אֵ֫פֶר (e.pher) · Strong's: H0665

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

Meaning: ashes

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 18:27, Numbers 19:9, Numbers 19:10, 2 Samuel 13:19, Esther 4:1, Esther 4:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0665; TAHOT Daniel 9:3 word 12

How the BSB renders it

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

So I turned my attention→נָתַן H5414H to give: put
to→אֶל H0413 to(wards)
the Lord→אֲדֹנָי H0136 Lord
God→אֱלֹהִים H0430G God
to seek Him→בָּקַשׁ H1245 to seek
by prayer→תְּפִלָּה H8605 prayer
and petition→תַּחֲנוּן H8469 supplication
with fasting→צוֹם H6685 fast
sackcloth→שַׂק H8242 sackcloth
and ashes→אֵ֫פֶר H0665 ashes

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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