Deuteronomy 18:8 Go deeper
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They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. (KJV)
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חֵ֥לֶקChe.leka portion
Lemma: חֵ֫לֶק (che.leq) · Strong's: H2506A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: portion
Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 14:24, Genesis 31:14, Leviticus 6:17, Numbers 18:20, Numbers 31:36, Deuteronomy 10:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2506A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:8 word 1
כְּחֵ֖לֶקke.Che.leklike a portion
Lemma: חֵ֫לֶק (che.leq) · Strong's: H2506A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: portion
Used 66 times. Also: Genesis 14:24, Genesis 31:14, Leviticus 6:17, Numbers 18:20, Numbers 31:36, Deuteronomy 10:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2506A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:8 word 2
יֹאכֵ֑לוּyo.Khe.luthey will eat
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
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 Deuteronomy 18:8 word 3
לְבַ֥דle.Vad<to> besides
Lemma: בַּד (bad) · Strong's: H0905J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: alone: besides
Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 26:1, Genesis 46:26, Leviticus 9:17, Leviticus 23:38, Numbers 5:8, Numbers 6:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0905J; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:8 word 4
מִמְכָּרָ֖יוmi.ka.Ravsales his
Lemma: מִמְכָּר (mim.kar) · Strong's: H4465
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: sale
Used 10 times. Also: Leviticus 25:14, Leviticus 25:25, Leviticus 25:27, Leviticus 25:28, Leviticus 25:29, Leviticus 25:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4465; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:8 word 5
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 Deuteronomy 18:8 word 6
הָאָבֽוֹת\׃\ \סha.'a.Votthe fathers
Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: father
Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 18:8 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| They shall eat | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| equal portions | → | חֵ֫לֶק H2506A portion |
| . . . | → | חֵ֫לֶק H2506A portion |
| even though | → | בַּד H0905J alone: besides |
| he has received [money] from | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| the sale | → | מִמְכָּר H4465 sale |
| of his father’s estate | → | אָב H0001G father |
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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