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And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already . (KJV)
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וַֽיְהִ֗יvay.Hiand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Exodus 1:5 word 1
כָּל\־kol-every
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Exodus 1:5 word 2
נֶ֛פֶשׁNe.feshperson
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: soul: person
Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 12:5, Genesis 14:21, Genesis 17:14, Genesis 36:6, Genesis 46:15, Genesis 46:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315J; TAHOT Exodus 1:5 word 3
יֹצְאֵ֥יyo.tze.'Ei[who] came out of
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318M
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to come out: produce
Used 42 times. Also: Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 15:4, Genesis 17:6, Genesis 25:25, Genesis 25:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318M; TAHOT Exodus 1:5 word 4
יֶֽרֶךְ\־ye.rekh-[the] thigh of
Lemma: יָרֵךְ (ya.rekh) · Strong's: H3409
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: thigh
Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 24:2, Genesis 24:9, Genesis 32:25, Genesis 32:31, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 46:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3409; TAHOT Exodus 1:5 word 5
יַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoJacob
Lemma: יַעֲקֹב (ya.a.qov) · Strong's: H3290
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jacob
Used 350 times. Also: Genesis 25:26, Genesis 25:27, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 25:29, Genesis 25:30, Genesis 25:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3290; TAHOT Exodus 1:5 word 6
שִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'Imseventy
Lemma: שִׁבְעִים (shiv.im) · Strong's: H7657
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAcmpa)
Meaning: seventy
Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:12, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 11:26, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 25:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7657; TAHOT Exodus 1:5 word 7
נָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshperson[s]
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: soul: person
Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 12:5, Genesis 14:21, Genesis 17:14, Genesis 36:6, Genesis 46:15, Genesis 46:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315J; TAHOT Exodus 1:5 word 8
וְיוֹסֵ֖ףve.yo.Sefand Joseph
Lemma: יוֹסֵף (yo.seph) · Strong's: H3130G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Joseph
Used 208 times. Also: Genesis 30:24, Genesis 30:25, Genesis 33:2, Genesis 33:7, Genesis 35:24, Genesis 37:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3130G; TAHOT Exodus 1:5 word 9
הָיָ֥הha.Yahhe was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Exodus 1:5 word 10
בְמִצְרָֽיִם\׃ve.mitz.Ra.yimin Egypt
Lemma: מִצְרַ֫יִם (mits.ra.yim) · Strong's: H4714G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Egypt
Used 630 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4714G; TAHOT Exodus 1:5 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The descendants | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315J soul: person |
| of Jacob | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
| . . . | → | יָצָא H3318M to come out: produce |
| . . . | → | יָרֵךְ H3409 thigh |
| numbered | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| seventy | → | שִׁבְעִים H7657 seventy |
| in all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| . . . | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315J soul: person |
| including Joseph | → | יוֹסֵף H3130G Joseph |
| who was | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| already in Egypt | → | מִצְרַ֫יִם H4714G Egypt |
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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