Exodus 23:22 Go deeper
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But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. (KJV)
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כִּ֣יkithat
Lemma: כִּי [אם] (ki im) · Strong's: H3588B
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: that if: except
Used 137 times. Also: Genesis 15:4, Genesis 28:17, Genesis 32:26, Genesis 32:28, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 39:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588B; TAHOT Exodus 23:22 word 1
אִם\־'im-except
Lemma: [כִּי] אם (ki im) · Strong's: H0518B
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if: except
Used 150 times. Also: Genesis 15:4, Genesis 28:17, Genesis 32:26, Genesis 32:28, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 39:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518B; TAHOT Exodus 23:22 word 2
שָׁמֹ֤עַsha.Mo.a'carefully <to listen>
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)
Meaning: to hear: obey
Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 21:12, Genesis 22:18, Genesis 26:5, Genesis 27:8, Genesis 27:13, Genesis 27:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085H; TAHOT Exodus 23:22 word 3
תִּשְׁמַע֙tish.Ma'you will listen
Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to hear: obey
Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 21:12, Genesis 22:18, Genesis 26:5, Genesis 27:8, Genesis 27:13, Genesis 27:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8085H; TAHOT Exodus 23:22 word 4
בְּקֹל֔וֹbe.ko.Loto voice his
Lemma: קוֹל (qol) · Strong's: H6963A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: voice
Used 335 times. Also: Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6963A; TAHOT Exodus 23:22 word 5
וְעָשִׂ֕יתָve.'a.Si.taand you will do
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqq2ms)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Exodus 23:22 word 6
כֹּ֖לkolall
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 23:22 word 7
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'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 23:22 word 8
אֲדַבֵּ֑ר'a.da.BerI will say
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Exodus 23:22 word 9
וְאָֽיַבְתִּי֙ve.'a.yav.Tiand I will be an enemy to
Lemma: אָיַב (a.yav) · Strong's: H0340
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqq1cs)
Meaning: be hostile
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0340; TAHOT Exodus 23:22 word 10
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 23:22 word 11
אֹ֣יְבֶ֔יךָ'o.ye.Vei.khaenemies your
Lemma: אֹיֵב (o.yev) · Strong's: H0341
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: enemy
Used 280 times. Also: Genesis 22:17, Genesis 49:8, Exodus 15:6, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 23:4, Exodus 23:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0341; TAHOT Exodus 23:22 word 12
וְצַרְתִּ֖יve.tzar.Tiand I will be a foe to
Lemma: צוּר (tsur) · Strong's: H6696B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqq1cs)
Meaning: to provoke
Used 4 times. Also: Deuteronomy 2:9, Deuteronomy 2:19, Esther 8:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6696B; TAHOT Exodus 23:22 word 13
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 23:22 word 14
צֹרְרֶֽיךָ\׃tzo.re.Rei.khaopposers your
Lemma: צָרַר (tsa.rar) · Strong's: H6887D
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to vex
Used 26 times. Also: Numbers 10:9, Numbers 25:17, Numbers 25:18, Numbers 33:55, Esther 3:10, Esther 8:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6887D; TAHOT Exodus 23:22 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But | → | כִּי [אם] H3588B that if: except |
| if | → | [כִּי] אם H0518B if: except |
| you will listen carefully | → | שָׁמַע H8085H to hear: obey |
| . . . | → | שָׁמַע H8085H to hear: obey |
| to his voice | → | קוֹל H6963A voice |
| and do | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
| everything | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| I say | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| I will be an enemy | → | אֹיֵב H0341 enemy |
| to your enemies | → | אָיַב H0340 be hostile |
| and a foe | → | צוּר H6696B to provoke |
| to your foes | → | צָרַר H6887D to vex |
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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