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Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. (KJV)
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שִׂמְלָ֨תְךָ֜sim.La.te.khaclothing your
Lemma: שִׂמְלָה (sim.lah) · Strong's: H8071
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: mantle
Used 27 times. Also: Genesis 9:23, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 37:34, Genesis 41:14, Genesis 44:13, Genesis 45:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8071; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:4 word 1
לֹ֤אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:4 word 2
בָֽלְתָה֙val.Tahit wore out
Lemma: בָּלָה (ba.lah) · Strong's: H1086
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to become old
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 18:12, Deuteronomy 29:5, Joshua 9:13, 1 Chronicles 17:9, Nehemiah 9:21, Job 13:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1086; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:4 word 3
מֵֽעָלֶ֔יךָme.'a.Lei.khafrom on <the> you
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
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 8:4 word 4
וְרַגְלְךָ֖ve.rag.le.Khaand foot your
Lemma: רֶ֫גֶל (re.gel) · Strong's: H7272
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: foot
Used 240 times. Also: Genesis 8:9, Genesis 18:4, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:1, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7272; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:4 word 5
לֹ֣אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:4 word 6
בָצֵ֑קָהva.Tze.kahit swelled
Lemma: בָּצֵק (ba.tseq) · Strong's: H1216
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to swell
Used 2 times. Also: Nehemiah 9:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1216; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:4 word 7
זֶ֖הzehthis
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 8:4 word 8
אַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'Imforty
Lemma: אַרְבָּעִים (ar.ba.im) · Strong's: H0705
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: forty
Used 135 times. Also: Genesis 5:13, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 18:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0705; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:4 word 9
שָׁנָֽה\׃sha.Nahyear[s]
Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: year
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Deuteronomy 8:4 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Your clothing | → | שִׂמְלָה H8071 mantle |
| did not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| wear out | → | בָּלָה H1086 to become old |
| . . . | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| and your feet | → | רֶ֫גֶל H7272 foot |
| did not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| swell | → | בָּצֵק H1216 to swell |
| during these | → | זֶה H2088 this |
| forty | → | אַרְבָּעִים H0705 forty |
| years | → | שָׁנָה H8141 year |
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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