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Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. (KJV)
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רַב\־rav-[is] enough
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7227A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: many
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 25:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7227A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:3 word 1
סֹ֖בsogoing round
Lemma: סָבַב (sa.vav) · Strong's: H5437H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to turn: surround
Used 73 times. Also: Genesis 19:4, Exodus 39:6, Exodus 39:13, Numbers 21:4, Deuteronomy 2:1, Deuteronomy 32:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5437H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:3 word 2
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 Deuteronomy 2:3 word 3
הָהָ֣רha.Harthe hill country
Lemma: הַר (har) · Strong's: H2022H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: mountain: hill country
Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 10:30, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 14:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 31:21, Genesis 31:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2022H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:3 word 4
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> this
Lemma: זֶה (zeh) · Strong's: H2088
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: this
Used 1176 times. Also: Genesis 5:1, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 7:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2088; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:3 word 5
פְּנ֥וּpe.Nuturn
Lemma: פָּנָה (pa.nah) · Strong's: H6437G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to turn
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 18:22, Genesis 24:31, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 24:63, Exodus 2:12, Exodus 7:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6437G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:3 word 6
צָפֹֽנָה\׃tza.Fo.nahnorth -ward
Lemma: צָפוֹן (tsa.phon) · Strong's: H6828G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: north
Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 13:14, Genesis 28:14, Exodus 26:20, Exodus 26:35, Exodus 27:11, Exodus 36:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6828G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 2:3 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You have been wandering around | → | סָבַב H5437H to turn: surround |
| this | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| hill country | → | הַר H2022H mountain: hill country |
| long enough | → | רַב H7227A many |
| turn | → | פָּנָה H6437G to turn |
| to the north | → | צָפוֹן H6828G north |
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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