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And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. (KJV)

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וַיִּ֤פֶןvai.Yi.fenand he turned

Lemma: פָּנָה (pa.nah) · Strong's: H6437G

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

Meaning: to turn

Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 18:22, Genesis 24:31, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 24:63, Exodus 7:23, Exodus 10:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6437G; TAHOT Exodus 2:12 word 1

כֹּה֙kohthus

Lemma: כֹּה (koh) · Strong's: H3541

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: thus

Used 576 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 31:8, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 32:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3541; TAHOT Exodus 2:12 word 2

וָכֹ֔הva.Khohand thus

Lemma: כֹּה (koh) · Strong's: H3541

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: thus

Used 576 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 31:8, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 32:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3541; TAHOT Exodus 2:12 word 3

וַיַּ֖רְאvai.Yar'and he saw

Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G

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

Meaning: to see: see

Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Exodus 2:12 word 4

כִּ֣יkithat

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Exodus 2:12 word 5

אֵ֣ין'einthere not

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

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

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Exodus 2:12 word 6

אִ֑ישׁ'Ish[was] a person

Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: man: anyone

Used 546 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 13:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0376I; TAHOT Exodus 2:12 word 7

וַיַּךְ֙vai.yaKhand he struck down

Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)

Meaning: to smite

Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT Exodus 2:12 word 8

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 2:12 word 9

הַמִּצְרִ֔יha.mitz.Rithe Egyptian

Lemma: מִצְרִי (mits.ri) · Strong's: H4713

Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)

Meaning: Egyptian

Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 12:12, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 16:1, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 21:9, Genesis 25:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4713; TAHOT Exodus 2:12 word 10

וַֽיִּטְמְנֵ֖הוּvai.yit.me.Ne.huand he hid him

Lemma: טָמַן (ta.man) · Strong's: H2934

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

Meaning: to hide

Used 31 times. Also: Genesis 35:4, Deuteronomy 33:19, Joshua 2:6, Joshua 7:21, Joshua 7:22, 2 Kings 7:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2934; TAHOT Exodus 2:12 word 11

בַּחֽוֹל\׃ba.Cholin the sand

Lemma: חוֹל (chol) · Strong's: H2344

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: sand

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 22:17, Genesis 32:12, Genesis 41:49, Deuteronomy 33:19, Joshua 11:4, Judges 7:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2344; TAHOT Exodus 2:12 word 12

How the BSB renders it

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

After looking	→	פָּנָה H6437G to turn
this way	→	כֹּה H3541 thus
[and] that	→	כֹּה H3541 thus
and seeing	→	רָאָה H7200G to see: see
. . .	→	כִּי H3588A for
no	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
one	→	אִישׁ H0376I man: anyone
he struck down	→	נָכָה H5221 to smite
the Egyptian	→	מִצְרִי H4713 Egyptian
and hid his body	→	טָמַן H2934 to hide
in the sand	→	חוֹל H2344 sand

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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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