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And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
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 4:7 word 1
הָשֵׁ֤בha.Shevreturn
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhv2ms)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Exodus 4:7 word 2
יָֽדְךָ֙ya.de.Khahand your
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand
Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Exodus 4:7 word 3
אֶל\־'el-into
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Exodus 4:7 word 4
חֵיקֶ֔ךָchei.Ke.chabosom your
Lemma: חֵיק (cheq) · Strong's: H2436H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: bosom: garment
Used 5 times. Also: Exodus 4:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2436H; TAHOT Exodus 4:7 word 5
וַיָּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ya.shevand he returned
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Exodus 4:7 word 6
יָד֖וֹya.Dohand his
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand
Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Exodus 4:7 word 7
אֶל\־'el-into
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Exodus 4:7 word 8
חֵיק֑וֹchei.Kobosom his
Lemma: חֵיק (cheq) · Strong's: H2436H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: bosom: garment
Used 5 times. Also: Exodus 4:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2436H; TAHOT Exodus 4:7 word 9
וַיּֽוֹצִאָהּ֙vai.yo.tzi.'Ahand he brought out it
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to come out: send
Used 258 times. Also: Genesis 14:18, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 19:5, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318H; TAHOT Exodus 4:7 word 10
מֵֽחֵיק֔וֹme.chei.Kofrom bosom his
Lemma: חֵיק (cheq) · Strong's: H2436H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: bosom: garment
Used 5 times. Also: Exodus 4:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2436H; TAHOT Exodus 4:7 word 11
וְהִנֵּה\־ve.hi.neh-and there!
Lemma: הִנֵּה (hin.neh) · Strong's: H2009
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: behold
Used 841 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:31, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2009; TAHOT Exodus 4:7 word 12
שָׁ֖בָהSha.vahit had turned back
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to return: rescue
Used 103 times. Also: Genesis 37:22, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:21, Genesis 41:13, Exodus 23:4, Leviticus 6:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725H; TAHOT Exodus 4:7 word 13
כִּבְשָׂרֽוֹ\׃kiv.sa.Rolike flesh his
Lemma: בָּשָׂר (ba.sar) · Strong's: H1320
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: flesh
Used 270 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1320; TAHOT Exodus 4:7 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Put your hand | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| back | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| inside | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| your cloak | → | חֵיק H2436H bosom: garment |
| said [the LORD] | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| So [Moses] put his hand | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| back | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| inside | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| his cloak | → | חֵיק H2436H bosom: garment |
| and when he took it out | → | יָצָא H3318H to come out: send |
| . . . | → | חֵיק H2436H bosom: garment |
| . . . | → | הִנֵּה H2009 behold |
| it was restored | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| like the rest of his skin | → | בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh |
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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