Exodus 5:11 Go deeper
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Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. (KJV)
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אַתֶּ֗ם'a.Temyou
Lemma: אַתֶּם (at.tem) · Strong's: H0859D
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Plural (HPp2mp)
Meaning: you(m.p.)
Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 9:7, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:4, Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:14, Genesis 42:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0859D; TAHOT Exodus 5:11 word 1
לְכ֨וּle.Khugo
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Exodus 5:11 word 2
קְח֤וּke.Chuacquire
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Exodus 5:11 word 3
תֶּ֔בֶןTe.venstraw
Lemma: תֶּ֫בֶן (te.ven) · Strong's: H8401
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: straw
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 24:25, Genesis 24:32, Exodus 5:7, Exodus 5:10, Exodus 5:12, Exodus 5:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8401; TAHOT Exodus 5:11 word 4
מֵאֲשֶׁ֖רme.'a.Sherfrom where
Lemma: מֵאֲשֶׁר (me.a.sher) · Strong's: H0834C
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: whence
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 31:1, Exodus 29:27, Leviticus 14:30, Numbers 6:11, Joshua 10:11, Judges 16:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834C; TAHOT Exodus 5:11 word 5
תִּמְצָ֑אוּtim.Tza.'uyou will find [it]
Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to find
Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Exodus 5:11 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 5:11 word 7
אֵ֥ין'einnot
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Exodus 5:11 word 8
נִגְרָ֛עnig.Ra'[is] diminished
Lemma: גָּרַע (ga.ra) · Strong's: H1639
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)
Meaning: to dimish
Used 22 times. Also: Exodus 5:8, Exodus 5:19, Exodus 21:10, Leviticus 27:18, Numbers 9:7, Numbers 27:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1639; TAHOT Exodus 5:11 word 9
מֵעֲבֹדַתְכֶ֖םme.'a.vo.dat.Khemfrom labor your
Lemma: עֲבֹדָה (a.vo.dah) · Strong's: H5656I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: service: work
Used 33 times. Also: Exodus 1:14, Exodus 5:9, Exodus 35:24, Exodus 36:1, Exodus 38:21, Exodus 39:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5656I; TAHOT Exodus 5:11 word 10
דָּבָֽר\׃da.Varanything
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: word: thing
Used 294 times. Also: Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 20:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697I; TAHOT Exodus 5:11 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Go | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| and get | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| your own | → | |
| straw | → | תֶּ֫בֶן H8401 straw |
| wherever | → | מֵאֲשֶׁר H0834C whence |
| you can find it | → | מָצָא H4672 to find |
| but | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| your workload | → | עֲבֹדָה H5656I service: work |
| will in no way | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| be reduced | → | גָּרַע H1639 to dimish |
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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