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And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. (KJV)
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וְהַדָּגָ֨הve.ha.da.Gahand the fish
Lemma: דָּגָה (da.gah) · Strong's: H1710
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: fish
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Exodus 7:18, Numbers 11:5, Deuteronomy 4:18, Psalms 105:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1710; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 1
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-which
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 7:21 word 2
בַּיְאֹ֥רbay.'Or[was] in the River
Lemma: יְאֹר (ye.or) · Strong's: H2975G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Nile
Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 41:1, Genesis 41:2, Genesis 41:3, Genesis 41:17, Genesis 41:18, Exodus 1:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2975G; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 3
מֵ֙תָה֙me.tahit died
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 4
וַיִּבְאַ֣שׁvai.yiv.'Ashand it stank
Lemma: בָּאַשׁ (ba.ash) · Strong's: H0887
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to stink
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 34:30, Exodus 5:21, Exodus 7:18, Exodus 8:14, Exodus 16:20, Exodus 16:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0887; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 5
הַיְאֹ֔רhay.'Orthe River
Lemma: יְאֹר (ye.or) · Strong's: H2975G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Nile
Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 41:1, Genesis 41:2, Genesis 41:3, Genesis 41:17, Genesis 41:18, Exodus 1:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2975G; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 6
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and 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 7:21 word 7
יָכְל֣וּya.khe.Luthey were able
Lemma: יָכֹל (ya.khol) · Strong's: H3201
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: be able
Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 24:50 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3201; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 8
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgypt
Lemma: מִצְרִי (mits.ri) · Strong's: H4713
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Egyptian
Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 12:12, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 16:1, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 21:9, Genesis 25:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4713; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 9
לִשְׁתּ֥וֹתlish.Totto drink
Lemma: שָׁתָה (sha.tah) · Strong's: H8354
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to drink
Used 217 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:18, Genesis 24:19, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:44 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8354; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 10
מַ֖יִםMa.yimwater
Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: water
Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 11
מִן\־min-from
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 12
הַיְאֹ֑רhay.'Orthe River
Lemma: יְאֹר (ye.or) · Strong's: H2975G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Nile
Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 41:1, Genesis 41:2, Genesis 41:3, Genesis 41:17, Genesis 41:18, Exodus 1:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2975G; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 13
וַיְהִ֥יvay.Hiand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 14
הַדָּ֖םha.Damthe blood
Lemma: דָּם (dam) · Strong's: H1818
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: blood
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 9:6, Genesis 37:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1818; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 15
בְּכָל\־be.kholin all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 16
אֶ֥רֶץ'E.retz[the] land of
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 17
מִצְרָֽיִם\׃mitz.Ra.yimEgypt
Lemma: מִצְרַ֫יִם (mits.ra.yim) · Strong's: H4714G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Egypt
Used 630 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4714G; TAHOT Exodus 7:21 word 18
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The fish | → | דָּגָה H1710 fish |
| in the Nile | → | יְאֹר H2975G Nile |
| died | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| and the river | → | יְאֹר H2975G Nile |
| smelled so bad | → | בָּאַשׁ H0887 to stink |
| that the Egyptians | → | מִצְרִי H4713 Egyptian |
| could | → | יָכֹל H3201 be able |
| not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| drink | → | שָׁתָה H8354 to drink |
| its | → | יְאֹר H2975G Nile |
| water | → | מַי H4325G water |
| And there was | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| blood | → | דָּם H1818 blood |
| throughout | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| of Egypt | → | מִצְרַ֫יִם H4714G Egypt |
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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