Exodus 30:38 Go deeper
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Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. (KJV)
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אִ֛ישׁ'ishanyone
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 30:38 word 1
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-who
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 30:38 word 2
יַעֲשֶׂ֥הya.'a.Sehhe will make
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to make
Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Exodus 30:38 word 3
כָמ֖וֹהָkha.Mo.halike it
Lemma: כְּמוֹ (ke.mo) · Strong's: H3644G
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: like
Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 19:15, Genesis 34:15, Genesis 41:39, Genesis 44:15, Genesis 44:18, Exodus 9:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3644G; TAHOT Exodus 30:38 word 4
לְהָרִ֣יחַle.ha.Ri.achto smell
Lemma: רִיחַ (ru.ach) · Strong's: H7306
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to smell
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 8:21, Genesis 27:27, Leviticus 26:31, Deuteronomy 4:28, Judges 16:9, 1 Samuel 26:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7306; TAHOT Exodus 30:38 word 5
וְנִכְרַ֖תve.nikh.Ratand he will be cut off
Lemma: כָּרַת (ka.rat) · Strong's: H3772I
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNq3ms)
Meaning: to cut: eliminate
Used 137 times. Also: Genesis 9:11, Genesis 17:14, Genesis 41:36, Exodus 8:9, Exodus 12:15, Exodus 12:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3772I; TAHOT Exodus 30:38 word 6
מֵעַמָּֽיו\׃\ \סme.'a.Mavfrom kinspeople<s> his
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Exodus 30:38 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Anyone | → | אִישׁ H0376I man: anyone |
| who | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| makes | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| something like | → | כְּמוֹ H3644G like |
| it to enjoy | → | רִיחַ H7306 to smell |
| its fragrance | → | |
| shall be cut off | → | כָּרַת H3772I to cut: eliminate |
| from his people | → | עַם H5971A people |
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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