Exodus 8:14 Go deeper
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And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank. (KJV)
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וַיִּצְבְּר֥וּvai.yitz.be.Ruand people piled up
Lemma: צָבַר (tsa.var) · Strong's: H6651
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to heap
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 41:35, Genesis 41:49, Job 27:16, Psalms 39:6, Habakkuk 1:10, Zechariah 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6651; TAHOT Exodus 8:14 word 1
אֹתָ֖ם'o.Tam<obj.> them
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Exodus 8:14 word 2
חֳמָרִ֣םcho.ma.Rimheaps
Lemma: חֹ֫מֶר (cho.mer) · Strong's: H2563B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: heap
Used 3 times. Also: Habakkuk 3:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2563B; TAHOT Exodus 8:14 word 3
חֳמָרִ֑םcho.ma.Rimheaps
Lemma: חֹ֫מֶר (cho.mer) · Strong's: H2563B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: heap
Used 3 times. Also: Habakkuk 3:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2563B; TAHOT Exodus 8:14 word 4
וַתִּבְאַ֖שׁva.tiv.'Ashand it stank
Lemma: בָּאַשׁ (ba.ash) · Strong's: H0887
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to stink
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 34:30, Exodus 5:21, Exodus 7:18, Exodus 7:21, Exodus 16:20, Exodus 16:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0887; TAHOT Exodus 8:14 word 5
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe land
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
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 8:14 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| They were piled | → | צָבַר H6651 to heap |
| . . . | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| into countless heaps | → | חֹ֫מֶר H2563B heap |
| . . . | → | חֹ֫מֶר H2563B heap |
| and there was a terrible stench | → | בָּאַשׁ H0887 to stink |
| in the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
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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