Exodus 17:8 Go deeper
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Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. (KJV)
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וַיָּבֹ֖אvai.ya.Vo'and it came
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Exodus 17:8 word 1
עֲמָלֵ֑ק'a.ma.LekAmalek
Lemma: עֲמָלֵק (a.ma.leq) · Strong's: H6002G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Amalek
Used 37 times. Also: Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10, Exodus 17:11, Exodus 17:13, Exodus 17:14, Exodus 17:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6002G; TAHOT Exodus 17:8 word 2
וַיִּלָּ֥חֶםvai.yi.La.chemand it joined battle
Lemma: לָחַם (la.cham) · Strong's: H3898A
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNw3ms)
Meaning: to fight
Used 171 times. Also: Exodus 1:10, Exodus 14:14, Exodus 14:25, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10, Numbers 21:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3898A; TAHOT Exodus 17:8 word 3
עִם\־'im-with
Lemma: עִם (im) · Strong's: H5973A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: with
Used 980 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 18:23, Genesis 18:25, Genesis 19:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5973A; TAHOT Exodus 17:8 word 4
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.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 17:8 word 5
בִּרְפִידִֽם\׃bir.fi.Dimat Rephidim
Lemma: רְפִידִים (re.phi.dim) · Strong's: H7508
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Rephidim
Used 5 times. Also: Exodus 17:1, Exodus 19:2, Numbers 33:14, Numbers 33:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7508; TAHOT Exodus 17:8 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| After this, the Amalekites | → | עֲמָלֵק H6002G Amalek |
| came | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| and attacked | → | לָחַם H3898A to fight |
| . . . | → | עִם H5973A with |
| the Israelites | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| at Rephidim | → | רְפִידִים H7508 Rephidim |
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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