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For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? (KJV)
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כִּ֠יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Esther 8:6 word 1
אֵיכָכָ֤ה'ei.kha.Khahhow?
Lemma: אֵיכָ֫כָה (e.kha.khah) · Strong's: H0349C
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: how?
Used 4 times. Also: Song of Solomon 5:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0349C; TAHOT Esther 8:6 word 2
אוּכַל֙'u.Khalwill I be able
Lemma: יָכֹל (ya.khol) · Strong's: H3201
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: be able
Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 24:50 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3201; TAHOT Esther 8:6 word 3
וְֽרָאִ֔יתִיve.ra.'I.tiand I will look
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqq1cs)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Esther 8:6 word 4
בָּרָעָ֖הba.ra.'Ahon the evil
Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: distress: harm
Used 157 times. Also: Genesis 19:19, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 31:52, Exodus 32:12, Exodus 32:14, Numbers 11:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451C; TAHOT Esther 8:6 word 5
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-which
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Esther 8:6 word 6
יִמְצָ֣אyim.Tza'it will find
Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to find
Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Esther 8:6 word 7
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 Esther 8:6 word 8
עַמִּ֑י'a.Mipeople my
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Esther 8:6 word 9
וְאֵֽיכָכָ֤הve.'ei.kha.Khahand how?
Lemma: אֵיכָ֫כָה (e.kha.khah) · Strong's: H0349C
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: how?
Used 4 times. Also: Song of Solomon 5:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0349C; TAHOT Esther 8:6 word 10
אוּכַל֙'u.Khalwill I be able
Lemma: יָכֹל (ya.khol) · Strong's: H3201
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: be able
Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 24:50 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3201; TAHOT Esther 8:6 word 11
וְֽרָאִ֔יתִיve.ra.'I.tiand I will look
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqq1cs)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Esther 8:6 word 12
בְּאָבְדַ֖ןbe.'a.ve.Danon [the] destruction of
Lemma: אׇבְדַן (ov.dan) · Strong's: H0013
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: destruction
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0013; TAHOT Esther 8:6 word 13
מוֹלַדְתִּֽי\׃\ \סmo.lad.Tikindred my
Lemma: מוֹלֶ֫דֶת (mo.le.det) · Strong's: H4138
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: relatives
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 11:28, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 24:4, Genesis 24:7, Genesis 31:3, Genesis 31:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4138; TAHOT Esther 8:6 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| how | → | אֵיכָ֫כָה H0349C how? |
| could I bear | → | יָכֹל H3201 be able |
| to see | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| the disaster | → | רָעָה H7451C distress: harm |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| would befall | → | מָצָא H4672 to find |
| my people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| How | → | אֵיכָ֫כָה H0349C how? |
| could I bear | → | יָכֹל H3201 be able |
| to see | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| the destruction | → | אׇבְדַן H0013 destruction |
| of my kindred | → | מוֹלֶ֫דֶת H4138 relatives |
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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