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And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. (KJV)
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וַיִּקְח֨וּvai.yik.Chuand they took
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Genesis 14:12 word 1
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
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 Genesis 14:12 word 2
ל֧וֹטLotLot
Lemma: לוֹט (lot) · Strong's: H3876
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Lot
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 11:27, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 13:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3876; TAHOT Genesis 14:12 word 3
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>
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 Genesis 14:12 word 4
רְכֻשׁ֛וֹre.khu.Shopossession[s] his
Lemma: רְכוּשׁ (re.khush) · Strong's: H7399
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: property
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 12:5, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 14:11, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 14:21, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7399; TAHOT Genesis 14:12 word 5
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Genesis 14:12 word 6
אֲחִ֥י'a.Chi[the] brother of
Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: brother: male-sibling
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Genesis 14:12 word 7
אַבְרָ֖ם'av.RamAbram
Lemma: אַבְרָם (av.ram) · Strong's: H0087
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Abram
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 11:26, Genesis 11:27, Genesis 11:29, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0087; TAHOT Genesis 14:12 word 8
וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּvai.ye.Le.khuand they went
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980M
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to go: journey
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 14:11, Genesis 18:33, Genesis 24:61, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 33:12, Genesis 37:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980M; TAHOT Genesis 14:12 word 9
וְה֥וּאve.Hu'and he
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Genesis 14:12 word 10
יֹשֵׁ֖בyo.Shev[was] dwelling
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Genesis 14:12 word 11
בִּסְדֹֽם\׃bis.Domin Sodom
Lemma: סְדֹם (se.dom) · Strong's: H5467
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Sodom
Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:12, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5467; TAHOT Genesis 14:12 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| They also carried off | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| Abram’s | → | אַבְרָם H0087 Abram |
| nephew | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| . . . | → | אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling |
| Lot | → | לוֹט H3876 Lot |
| and his possessions | → | רְכוּשׁ H7399 property |
| since [Lot] | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| was living | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| in Sodom | → | סְדֹם H5467 Sodom |
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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