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There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. (KJV)

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תֶּ֗בֶןTe.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 5:11, Exodus 5:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8401; TAHOT Exodus 5:16 word 1

אֵ֤ין'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 5:16 word 2

נִתָּן֙ni.Tan[is being] given

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVNrmsa)

Meaning: to give: give

Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Exodus 5:16 word 3

לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָla.'a.va.Dei.khato servants your

Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

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 5:16 word 4

וּלְבֵנִ֛יםu.le.ve.Nimand bricks

Lemma: לְבֵנָה (le.ve.nah) · Strong's: H3843

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: brick

Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Exodus 1:14, Exodus 5:7, Exodus 5:8, Exodus 5:18, Exodus 5:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3843; TAHOT Exodus 5:16 word 5

אֹמְרִ֥ים'o.me.Rim[people are] saying

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)

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 5:16 word 6

עֲשׂ֑וּ'a.Sumake

Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)

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 5:16 word 7

וְהִנֵּ֧הve.hi.Nehand 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 5:16 word 8

עֲבָדֶ֛יךָ'a.va.Dei.khaservants your

Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

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 5:16 word 9

מֻכִּ֖יםmu.Kim[are] being struck

Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221

Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVHsmpa)

Meaning: to smite

Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT Exodus 5:16 word 10

וְחָטָ֥אתve.cha.Tatand you have sinned

Lemma: חָטָא (cha.ta) · Strong's: H2398

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: to sin

Used 236 times. Also: Genesis 20:6, Genesis 20:9, Genesis 31:39, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 40:1, Genesis 42:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2398; TAHOT Exodus 5:16 word 11

עַמֶּֽךָ\׃'a.Me.khapeople your

Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

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 5:16 word 12

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

No	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
straw	→	תֶּ֫בֶן H8401 straw
has been given	→	נָתַן H5414G to give: give
to your servants	→	עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave
yet we are told	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
. . .	→
Make	→	עָשָׂה H6213H to make
bricks	→	לְבֵנָה H3843 brick
Look	→	הִנֵּה H2009 behold
your servants	→	עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave
are being beaten	→	נָכָה H5221 to smite
but the fault	→	חָטָא H2398 to sin
[is] with your own people	→	עַם H5971A people

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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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