Deuteronomy 1:12 Go deeper
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How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? (KJV)
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אֵיכָ֥ה'ei.Khahhow?
Lemma: אֵיכָה (e.khah) · Strong's: H0349B
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: how?
Used 17 times. Also: Deuteronomy 7:17, Deuteronomy 12:30, Deuteronomy 18:21, Deuteronomy 32:30, Judges 20:3, 2 Kings 6:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0349B; TAHOT Deuteronomy 1:12 word 1
אֶשָּׂ֖א'e.Sa'will I bear
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to lift: bear
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 4:13, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 18:26, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 39:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 1:12 word 2
לְבַדִּ֑יle.va.Dito alone me
Lemma: בַּד (bad) · Strong's: H0905H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: alone
Used 116 times. Also: Genesis 2:18, Genesis 21:28, Genesis 21:29, Genesis 30:40, Genesis 32:16, Genesis 32:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0905H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 1:12 word 3
טָרְחֲכֶ֥םta.re.cha.Khemburden your
Lemma: טֹ֫רַח (to.rach) · Strong's: H2960
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: burden
Used 2 times. Also: Isaiah 1:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2960; TAHOT Deuteronomy 1:12 word 4
וּמַֽשַּׂאֲכֶ֖םu.ma.sa.'a.Khemand burden your
Lemma: מַשָּׂא (mas.sa) · Strong's: H4853A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: burden
Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 23:5, Numbers 4:15, Numbers 4:19, Numbers 4:24, Numbers 4:27, Numbers 4:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4853A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 1:12 word 5
וְרִֽיבְכֶֽם\׃ve.Ri.ve.Khemand dispute[s] your
Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7379
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: strife
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 13:7, Exodus 17:7, Exodus 23:2, Exodus 23:3, Exodus 23:6, Deuteronomy 17:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7379; TAHOT Deuteronomy 1:12 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But how | → | אֵיכָה H0349B how? |
| can I bear | → | נָשָׂא H5375H to lift: bear |
| your troubles | → | טֹ֫רַח H2960 burden |
| burdens | → | מַשָּׂא H4853A burden |
| and disputes | → | רִיב H7379 strife |
| all by myself | → | בַּד H0905H alone |
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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