Exodus 12:45 Go deeper
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A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. (KJV)
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תּוֹשָׁ֥בto.Shava resident alien
Lemma: תּוֹשָׁב (to.shav) · Strong's: H8453A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sojourner
Used 14 times. Also: Genesis 23:4, Leviticus 22:10, Leviticus 25:6, Leviticus 25:23, Leviticus 25:35, Leviticus 25:40 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8453A; TAHOT Exodus 12:45 word 1
וְשָׂכִ֖ירve.sa.Khirand a hired laborer
Lemma: שָׂכִיר (sa.khir) · Strong's: H7916
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: hired
Used 17 times. Also: Exodus 22:15, Leviticus 19:13, Leviticus 22:10, Leviticus 25:6, Leviticus 25:40, Leviticus 25:50 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7916; TAHOT Exodus 12:45 word 2
לֹא\־lo'-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 Exodus 12:45 word 3
יֹ֥אכַל\־Yo.khal-he will eat
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Exodus 12:45 word 4
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| A temporary resident | → | תּוֹשָׁב H8453A sojourner |
| or hired hand | → | שָׂכִיר H7916 hired |
| shall not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| eat | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| [the Passover] | → |
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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