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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. (KJV)
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לֹ֥אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Exodus 20:17 word 1
תַחְמֹ֖דtach.Modyou must covet
Lemma: חָמַד (cha.mad) · Strong's: H2530A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to desire
Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:6, Exodus 34:24, Deuteronomy 5:21, Deuteronomy 7:25, Joshua 7:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2530A; TAHOT Exodus 20:17 word 2
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house of
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Exodus 20:17 word 3
רֵעֶ֑ךָre.'E.khaneighbor your
Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: neighbor
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 31:49, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7453; TAHOT Exodus 20:17 word 4
לֹֽא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Exodus 20:17 word 5
תַחְמֹ֞דtach.Modyou must covet
Lemma: חָמַד (cha.mad) · Strong's: H2530A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to desire
Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:6, Exodus 34:24, Deuteronomy 5:21, Deuteronomy 7:25, Joshua 7:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2530A; TAHOT Exodus 20:17 word 6
אֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shet[the] wife of
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Exodus 20:17 word 7
רֵעֶ֗ךָre.'E.khaneighbor your
Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: neighbor
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 31:49, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7453; TAHOT Exodus 20:17 word 8
וְעַבְדּ֤וֹve.'av.Doand [male] servant his
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT Exodus 20:17 word 9
וַאֲמָתוֹ֙va.'a.ma.Toand female servant his
Lemma: אָמָה (a.mah) · Strong's: H0519
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: maidservant
Used 56 times. Also: Genesis 20:17, Genesis 21:10, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 30:3, Genesis 31:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0519; TAHOT Exodus 20:17 word 10
וְשׁוֹר֣וֹve.sho.Roand ox his
Lemma: שׁוֹר (shor) · Strong's: H7794
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: cattle
Used 79 times. Also: Genesis 32:5, Genesis 49:6, Exodus 21:28, Exodus 21:29, Exodus 21:32, Exodus 21:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7794; TAHOT Exodus 20:17 word 11
וַחֲמֹר֔וֹva.cha.mo.Roand donkey his
Lemma: חֲמוֹר (cha.mor) · Strong's: H2543
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: donkey
Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 12:16, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 30:43, Genesis 32:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2543; TAHOT Exodus 20:17 word 12
וְכֹ֖לve.Kholand all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Exodus 20:17 word 13
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherthat
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Exodus 20:17 word 14
לְרֵעֶֽךָ\׃\ \פle.re.'E.kha[belongs] to neighbor your
Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: neighbor
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 31:49, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7453; TAHOT Exodus 20:17 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You shall not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| covet | → | חָמַד H2530A to desire |
| your neighbor’s | → | רֵעַ H7453 neighbor |
| house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| You shall not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| covet | → | חָמַד H2530A to desire |
| your neighbor’s | → | רֵעַ H7453 neighbor |
| wife | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| or his manservant | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
| or maidservant | → | אָמָה H0519 maidservant |
| or his ox | → | שׁוֹר H7794 cattle |
| or donkey | → | חֲמוֹר H2543 donkey |
| or anything | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| belongs to your neighbor | → | רֵעַ H7453 neighbor |
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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