Exodus 5:7 Go deeper
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Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. (KJV)
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לֹ֣אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Exodus 5:7 word 1
תֹאסִפ֞וּןto.si.Funyou will repeat !
Lemma: יָסַף (ya.saph) · Strong's: H3254G
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVhi2mp)
Meaning: to add: again
Used 120 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 18:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3254G; TAHOT Exodus 5:7 word 2
לָתֵ֨תla.Tetto give
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
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 5:7 word 3
תֶּ֧בֶןTe.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 5:10, Exodus 5:11, Exodus 5:12, Exodus 5:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8401; TAHOT Exodus 5:7 word 4
לָעָ֛םla.'Amto the people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
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 5:7 word 5
לִלְבֹּ֥ןlil.Bonto make bricks
Lemma: לָבַן (la.van) · Strong's: H3835B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to make bricks
Used 3 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Exodus 5:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3835B; TAHOT Exodus 5:7 word 6
הַלְּבֵנִ֖יםha.le.ve.Nimthe 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 5:8, Exodus 5:16, Exodus 5:18, Exodus 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3843; TAHOT Exodus 5:7 word 7
כִּתְמ֣וֹלkit.Molas yesterday
Lemma: תְּמוֹל (te.mol) · Strong's: H8543
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: yesterday
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 31:2, Genesis 31:5, Exodus 4:10, Exodus 5:8, Exodus 5:14, Exodus 21:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8543; TAHOT Exodus 5:7 word 8
שִׁלְשֹׁ֑םshil.Shomthree days ago
Lemma: שִׁלְשֹׁם (shil.shom) · Strong's: H8032
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: three days ago
Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 31:2, Genesis 31:5, Exodus 4:10, Exodus 5:8, Exodus 5:14, Exodus 21:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8032; TAHOT Exodus 5:7 word 9
הֵ֚םhemthey
Lemma: הֵ֫מָּה (hem.mah) · Strong's: H1992
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Plural (HPp3mp)
Meaning: they(masc.)
Used 550 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 25:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1992; TAHOT Exodus 5:7 word 10
יֵֽלְכ֔וּye.le.Khulet them go
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
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 5:7 word 11
וְקֹשְׁשׁ֥וּve.ko.she.Shuand they may gather
Lemma: קָשַׁשׁ (qa.shash) · Strong's: H7197A
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVpu3mp)
Meaning: to gather
Used 6 times. Also: Exodus 5:12, Numbers 15:32, Numbers 15:33, 1 Kings 17:10, 1 Kings 17:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7197A; TAHOT Exodus 5:7 word 12
תֶּֽבֶן\׃Te.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 5:10, Exodus 5:11, Exodus 5:12, Exodus 5:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8401; TAHOT Exodus 5:7 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You shall no | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| longer | → | יָסַף H3254G to add: again |
| supply | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| the people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| with straw | → | תֶּ֫בֶן H8401 straw |
| for making | → | לָבַן H3835B to make bricks |
| bricks | → | לְבֵנָה H3843 brick |
| They | → | הֵ֫מָּה H1992 they(masc.) |
| must go | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| and gather | → | קָשַׁשׁ H7197A to gather |
| their own | → | |
| straw | → | תֶּ֫בֶן H8401 straw |
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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