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And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. (KJV)

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וְאָמְר֞וּve.'a.me.Ruand they will say

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Deuteronomy 21:20 word 1

אֶל\־'el-to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: to(wards)

Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Deuteronomy 21:20 word 2

זִקְנֵ֣יzik.Nei[the] elders of

Lemma: זָקֵן (za.qen) · Strong's: H2205G

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HAampc)

Meaning: old: elder

Used 127 times. Also: Genesis 50:7, Exodus 3:16, Exodus 3:18, Exodus 4:29, Exodus 12:21, Exodus 17:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2205G; TAHOT Deuteronomy 21:20 word 3

עִיר֗וֹi.Rocity his

Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: city

Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Deuteronomy 21:20 word 4

בְּנֵ֤נוּbe.Ne.nuson our

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: son: child

Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 21:20 word 5

זֶה֙zehthis

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 21:20 word 6

סוֹרֵ֣רso.Rer[is] stubborn

Lemma: סָרַר (sa.rar) · Strong's: H5637

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to rebel

Used 17 times. Also: Deuteronomy 21:18, Nehemiah 9:29, Psalms 66:7, Psalms 68:6, Psalms 68:18, Psalms 78:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5637; TAHOT Deuteronomy 21:20 word 7

וּמֹרֶ֔הu.mo.Rehand rebellious

Lemma: מָרָה (ma.rah) · Strong's: H4784

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to rebel

Used 45 times. Also: Numbers 20:10, Numbers 20:24, Numbers 27:14, Deuteronomy 1:26, Deuteronomy 1:43, Deuteronomy 9:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4784; TAHOT Deuteronomy 21:20 word 8

אֵינֶ֥נּוּ'ei.Ne.nunot he

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Deuteronomy 21:20 word 9

שֹׁמֵ֖עַsho.Me.a'[is] listening

Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to hear: obey

Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 21:12, Genesis 22:18, Genesis 26:5, Genesis 27:8, Genesis 27:13, Genesis 27:43 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8085H; TAHOT Deuteronomy 21:20 word 10

בְּקֹלֵ֑נוּbe.ko.Le.nuto voice our

Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: voice

Used 335 times. Also: Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6963A; TAHOT Deuteronomy 21:20 word 11

זוֹלֵ֖לzo.Lela glutton

Lemma: זָלַל (za.lal) · Strong's: H2151B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: be vile

Used 6 times. Also: Proverbs 23:20, Proverbs 23:21, Proverbs 28:7, Jeremiah 15:19, Lamentations 1:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2151B; TAHOT Deuteronomy 21:20 word 12

וְסֹבֵֽא\׃ve.so.Ve'and a drunkard

Lemma: סָבָא (sa.va) · Strong's: H5433B

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: be drunk

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5433B; TAHOT Deuteronomy 21:20 word 13

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

and say	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
the elders	→	זָקֵן H2205G old: elder
This	→	זֶה H2088 this
son of ours	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child
is stubborn	→	סָרַר H5637 to rebel
and rebellious	→	מָרָה H4784 to rebel
he does not	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
obey us	→	שָׁמַע H8085H to hear: obey
. . .	→	קוֹל H6963A voice
He is a glutton	→	זָלַל H2151B be vile
and a drunkard	→	סָבָא H5433B be drunk

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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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