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← Exodus 2 · ← verse 21 · verse 23 →

And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. (KJV)

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וַתֵּ֣לֶדva.Te.ledand she bore

Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)

Meaning: to beget

Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Exodus 2:22 word 1

בֵּ֔ןBena son

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

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

Meaning: son: child

Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Exodus 2:22 word 2

וַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'and he called

Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121H

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

Meaning: to call: call by

Used 221 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7121H; TAHOT Exodus 2:22 word 3

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 2:22 word 4

שְׁמ֖וֹshe.Moname his

Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034

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

Meaning: name

Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Exodus 2:22 word 5

גֵּרְשֹׁ֑םge.re.ShomGershom

Lemma: גֵּרְשֹׁם (ge.re.shom) · Strong's: H1647G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Gershom

Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 18:3, Judges 18:30, 1 Chronicles 23:15, 1 Chronicles 23:16, 1 Chronicles 26:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1647G; TAHOT Exodus 2:22 word 6

כִּ֣יkifor

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 2:22 word 7

אָמַ֔ר'a.Marhe said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Exodus 2:22 word 8

גֵּ֣רgera sojourner

Lemma: גֵּר (ger) · Strong's: H1616

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

Meaning: sojourner

Used 92 times. Also: Genesis 15:13, Genesis 23:4, Exodus 12:19, Exodus 12:48, Exodus 12:49, Exodus 18:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1616; TAHOT Exodus 2:22 word 9

הָיִ֔יתִיha.Yi.tiI have become

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Exodus 2:22 word 10

בְּאֶ֖רֶץbe.'E.retzin a land

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

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

Meaning: land: country/planet

Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Exodus 2:22 word 11

נָכְרִיָּֽה\׃\ \פna.khe.ri.Yahforeign

Lemma: נׇכְרִי (nokh.ri) · Strong's: H5237

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)

Meaning: foreign

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 31:15, Exodus 18:3, Exodus 21:8, Deuteronomy 14:21, Deuteronomy 15:3, Deuteronomy 17:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5237; TAHOT Exodus 2:22 word 12

How the BSB renders it

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

And she gave birth to→יָלַד H3205 to beget
a son→בֵּן H1121A son: child
and [Moses] named him→קָרָא H7121H to call: call by
. . .→אֵת H0853 [Obj.]
. . .→שֵׁם H8034 name
Gershom→גֵּרְשֹׁם H1647G Gershom
saying→אָמַר H0559 to say
I have become→הָיָה H1961 to be
a foreigner→גֵּר H1616 sojourner
in a foreign→נׇכְרִי H5237 foreign
land→אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet

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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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