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The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. (KJV)
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בְּנֵ֣יbe.Nei[the] descendants of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Ezra 2:7 word 1
עֵילָ֔ם'ei.LamElam
Lemma: עֵילָם (e.lam) · Strong's: H5867B
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Elam
Used 6 times. Also: Ezra 2:31, Ezra 8:7, Ezra 10:26, Nehemiah 7:12, Nehemiah 7:34 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5867B; TAHOT Ezra 2:7 word 2
אֶ֕לֶף'E.lefone thousand
Lemma: אֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) · Strong's: H0505G
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)
Meaning: thousand
Used 494 times. Also: Genesis 20:16, Genesis 24:60, Exodus 12:37, Exodus 18:21, Exodus 18:25, Exodus 20:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0505G; TAHOT Ezra 2:7 word 3
מָאתַ֖יִםma.Ta.yimtwo hundred
Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Dual · Absolute (HAcfda)
Meaning: hundred
Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT Ezra 2:7 word 4
חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםcha.mi.Shimfifty
Lemma: חֲמִשִּׁים (cha.mish.shim) · Strong's: H2572
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAcmpa)
Meaning: fifty
Used 163 times. Also: Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:24, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 9:28, Genesis 9:29, Genesis 18:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2572; TAHOT Ezra 2:7 word 5
וְאַרְבָּעָֽה\׃\ \סve.'ar.ba.'Ahand four
Lemma: אַרְבַּע (ar.ba) · Strong's: H0702
Parsing: Acbsa (Acbsa)
Meaning: four
Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Genesis 11:13, Genesis 11:15, Genesis 11:16, Genesis 11:17, Genesis 14:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0702; TAHOT Ezra 2:7 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| the descendants | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| of Elam | → | עֵילָם H5867B Elam |
| 1,254 | → | אֶ֫לֶף H0505G thousand |
| . . . | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| . . . | → | חֲמִשִּׁים H2572 fifty |
| . . . | → | אַרְבַּע H0702 four |
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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