Deuteronomy 16:9 Go deeper
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Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. (KJV)
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שִׁבְעָ֥הshiv.'Ahseven
Lemma: שֶׁ֫בַע (she.va) · Strong's: H7651
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: seven
Used 392 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:26, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7651; TAHOT Deuteronomy 16:9 word 1
שָׁבֻעֹ֖תsha.vu.'Otweeks
Lemma: שָׁבוּעַ (sha.vu.a) · Strong's: H7620H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: week
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 29:27, Genesis 29:28, Leviticus 12:5, Jeremiah 5:24, Ezekiel 45:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7620H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 16:9 word 2
תִּסְפָּר\־tis.por-you will count
Lemma: סָפַר (sa.phar) · Strong's: H5608A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to recount
Used 107 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 24:66, Genesis 29:13, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5608A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 16:9 word 3
מֵהָחֵ֤לme.ha.Chelfrom when begins
Lemma: חָלַל (cha.lal) · Strong's: H2490C
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to profane/begin: begin
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:1, Genesis 9:20, Genesis 10:8, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 41:54 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2490C; TAHOT Deuteronomy 16:9 word 4
חֶרְמֵשׁ֙cher.Mesha sickle
Lemma: חֶרְמֵשׁ (cher.mesh) · Strong's: H2770
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sickle
Used 2 times. Also: Deuteronomy 23:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2770; TAHOT Deuteronomy 16:9 word 5
בַּקָּמָ֔הba.ka.Mahin the standing grain
Lemma: קָמָה (qa.mah) · Strong's: H7054
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: standing grain
Used 10 times. Also: Exodus 22:6, Deuteronomy 23:25, Judges 15:5, 2 Kings 19:26, Isaiah 17:5, Isaiah 37:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7054; TAHOT Deuteronomy 16:9 word 6
תָּחֵ֣לta.Chelyou will begin
Lemma: חָלַל (cha.lal) · Strong's: H2490C
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhi2ms)
Meaning: to profane/begin: begin
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:1, Genesis 9:20, Genesis 10:8, Genesis 11:6, Genesis 41:54 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2490C; TAHOT Deuteronomy 16:9 word 7
לִסְפֹּ֔רlis.Porto count
Lemma: סָפַר (sa.phar) · Strong's: H5608A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to recount
Used 107 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 24:66, Genesis 29:13, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5608A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 16:9 word 8
שִׁבְעָ֖הshiv.'Ahseven
Lemma: שֶׁ֫בַע (she.va) · Strong's: H7651
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: seven
Used 392 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:26, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7651; TAHOT Deuteronomy 16:9 word 9
שָׁבֻעֽוֹת\׃sha.vu.'otweeks
Lemma: שָׁבוּעַ (sha.vu.a) · Strong's: H7620H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: week
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 29:27, Genesis 29:28, Leviticus 12:5, Jeremiah 5:24, Ezekiel 45:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7620H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 16:9 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You are to count off | → | סָפַר H5608A to recount |
| seven | → | שֶׁ֫בַע H7651 seven |
| weeks | → | שָׁבוּעַ H7620H week |
| [from] | → | סָפַר H5608A to recount |
| . . . | → | שֶׁ֫בַע H7651 seven |
| [the time] | → | שָׁבוּעַ H7620H week |
| you first put the sickle | → | חֶרְמֵשׁ H2770 sickle |
| . . . | → | חָלַל H2490C to profane/begin: begin |
| to the standing grain | → | קָמָה H7054 standing grain |
| . . . | → | חָלַל H2490C to profane/begin: begin |
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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