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And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) (KJV)
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וְהָֽעַוִּ֛יםve.ha.'a.Vimand the Avvites
Lemma: עַוִּים (av.vim) · Strong's: H5761G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Avvim
Used 2 times. Also: Joshua 13:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5761G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:23 word 1
הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥יםhai.yo.she.Vimwho were dwelling
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:23 word 2
בַּחֲצֵרִ֖יםba.cha.tze.Rimin villages
Lemma: חָצֵר (cha.tser) · Strong's: H2691B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: village
Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 25:16, Leviticus 25:31, Joshua 13:23, Joshua 13:28, Joshua 15:32, Joshua 15:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2691B; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:23 word 3
עַד\־'ad-to
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:23 word 4
עַזָּ֑ה'a.ZahGaza
Lemma: עַזָּה (az.zah) · Strong's: H5804
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Gaza
Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 10:19, Joshua 10:41, Joshua 11:22, Joshua 15:47, Judges 1:18, Judges 6:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5804; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:23 word 5
כַּפְתֹּרִים֙kaf.to.Rim[the] Caphtorites
Lemma: כַּפְתֹּרִי (kaph.to.ri) · Strong's: H3732
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Caphtorim
Used 3 times. Also: Genesis 10:14, 1 Chronicles 1:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3732; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:23 word 6
הַיֹּצְאִ֣יםhai.yo.tze.'Imwho came forth
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to come out: come
Used 620 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:18, Genesis 8:19, Genesis 9:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:23 word 7
מִכַּפְתּ֔וֹרmi.kaf.Torfrom Caphtor
Lemma: כַּפְתּוֹר (kaph.tor) · Strong's: H3731
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Caphtor
Used 3 times. Also: Jeremiah 47:4, Amos 9:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3731; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:23 word 8
הִשְׁמִידֻ֖םhish.mi.Dumthey destroyed them
Lemma: שָׁמַד (sha.mad) · Strong's: H8045
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVhp3cp)
Meaning: to destroy
Used 90 times. Also: Genesis 34:30, Leviticus 26:30, Numbers 33:52, Deuteronomy 1:27, Deuteronomy 2:12, Deuteronomy 2:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8045; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:23 word 9
וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּvai.ye.she.Vuand they dwelt
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:23 word 10
תַחְתָּֽם\׃tach.Tamin place of them
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: instead
Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 22:13, Genesis 30:2, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 36:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:23 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And the Avvim | → | עַוִּים H5761G Avvim |
| who lived | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| in villages | → | חָצֵר H2691B village |
| as | → | עַד H5704 till |
| far as Gaza | → | עַזָּה H5804 Gaza |
| were destroyed by | → | שָׁמַד H8045 to destroy |
| the Caphtorites | → | כַּפְתֹּרִי H3732 Caphtorim |
| who came | → | יָצָא H3318G to come out: come |
| out of Caphtor | → | כַּפְתּוֹר H3731 Caphtor |
| and settled | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| in their place | → | תַּחַת H8478H underneath: instead |
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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