Exodus 17:13 Go deeper

And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. (KJV)

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וַיַּחֲלֹ֧שׁvai.ya.cha.Loshand he defeated

Lemma: חָלַשׁ (cha.lash) · Strong's: H2522

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to weaken

Used 3 times. Also: Job 14:10, Isaiah 14:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2522; TAHOT Exodus 17:13 word 1

יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַye.ho.Shu.a'Joshua

Lemma: יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (ye.ho.shu.a) · Strong's: H3091G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Joshua

Used 204 times. Also: Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 24:13, Exodus 32:17, Exodus 33:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3091G; TAHOT Exodus 17:13 word 2

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 Exodus 17:13 word 3

עֲמָלֵ֥ק'a.ma.LekAmalek

Lemma: עֲמָלֵק (a.ma.leq) · Strong's: H6002G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Amalek

Used 37 times. Also: Exodus 17:8, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10, Exodus 17:11, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 17:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6002G; TAHOT Exodus 17:13 word 4

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <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 Exodus 17:13 word 5

עַמּ֖וֹa.Mopeople its

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 Exodus 17:13 word 6

לְפִי\־le.fi-to [the] mouth of

Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310H

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

Meaning: lip: edge

Used 45 times. Also: Numbers 21:24, Deuteronomy 13:15, Deuteronomy 20:13, Joshua 6:21, Joshua 8:24, Joshua 10:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6310H; TAHOT Exodus 17:13 word 7

חָֽרֶב\׃\ \פCha.rev[the] sword

Lemma: חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) · Strong's: H2719

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: sword

Used 412 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:26, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2719; TAHOT Exodus 17:13 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

So Joshua	→	יְהוֹשׁוּעַ H3091G Joshua
overwhelmed	→	חָלַשׁ H2522 to weaken
Amalek	→	עֲמָלֵק H6002G Amalek
and his army	→	עַם H5971A people
. . .	→	פֶּה H6310H lip: edge
with the sword	→	חֶ֫רֶב H2719 sword

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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