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Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

בַּאֲשֶׁ֥רba.'a.Sherin that

Lemma: בַאֲשֶׁר (ba.a.sher) · Strong's: H0834B

Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)

Meaning: in which

Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 21:17, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 39:23, Judges 5:27, Judges 17:8, Judges 17:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0834B; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 8:4 word 1

דְּבַר\־de.var-a word of

Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697G

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

Meaning: word

Used 867 times. Also: Genesis 11:1, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:52, Genesis 27:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 8:4 word 2

מֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekha king

Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: king

Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 8:4 word 3

שִׁלְט֑וֹןshil.Ton[is] mastery

Lemma: שִׁלְטוֹן (shil.ton) · Strong's: H7983

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: power

Used 2 times. Also: Ecclesiastes 8:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7983; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 8:4 word 4

וּמִ֥יu.Miand who?

Lemma: מִי (mi) · Strong's: H4310

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: who?

Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 21:7, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 24:23, Genesis 24:47 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4310; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 8:4 word 5

יֹֽאמַר\־yo.mar-will he say

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

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

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 Ecclesiastes 8:4 word 6

מַֽה\־mah-what?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 8:4 word 7

תַּעֲשֶֽׂה\׃ta.'a.Sehare you doing

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to make: do

Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Ecclesiastes 8:4 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

For	→	בַאֲשֶׁר H0834B in which
the king’s	→	מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king
word	→	דָּבָר H1697G word
is supreme	→	שִׁלְטוֹן H7983 power
and who	→	מִי H4310 who?
can say	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to him	→
What	→	מָה H4100 what?
are you doing	→	עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do

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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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