Exodus 16:17 Go deeper

And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. (KJV)

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וַיַּעֲשׂוּ\־vai.ya.'a.su-and they did

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

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

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 Exodus 16:17 word 1

כֵ֖ןkhenso

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: so

Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Exodus 16:17 word 2

בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] people of

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: son: descendant/people

Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Exodus 16:17 word 3

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsrael

Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Israel

Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Exodus 16:17 word 4

וַֽיִּלְקְט֔וּvai.yil.ke.Tuand they gathered [it]

Lemma: לָקַט (la.qat) · Strong's: H3950

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to gather

Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 31:46, Genesis 47:14, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:5, Exodus 16:16, Exodus 16:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3950; TAHOT Exodus 16:17 word 5

הַמַּרְבֶּ֖הha.mar.Behthe [one who] made much

Lemma: רָבָה (ra.vah) · Strong's: H7235A

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)

Meaning: to multiply

Used 221 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 3:16, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 7:18, Genesis 8:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7235A; TAHOT Exodus 16:17 word 6

וְהַמַּמְעִֽיט\׃ve.ha.mam.'Itand the [one who] made little

Lemma: מָעַט (ma.at) · Strong's: H4591

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)

Meaning: to diminish

Used 22 times. Also: Exodus 12:4, Exodus 16:18, Exodus 30:15, Leviticus 25:16, Leviticus 26:22, Numbers 11:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4591; TAHOT Exodus 16:17 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

So the Israelites	→	בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people
. . .	→	יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel
did	→	עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do
this	→	כֵּן H3651C so
Some gathered	→	לָקַט H3950 to gather
more	→	רָבָה H7235A to multiply
and some less	→	מָעַט H4591 to diminish

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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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