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And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. (KJV)
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וּמַלְכִּי\־u.mal.ki-and Melchi-
Lemma: מַלְכִּי־צֶ֫דֶק (mal.ki-tse.deq) · Strong's: H4442
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Melchizedek
Used 4 times. Also: Psalms 110:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4442; TAHOT Genesis 14:18 word 1
צֶ֙דֶק֙tze.dek-zedek
Lemma: מַלְכִּי־צֶ֫דֶק (mal.ki-tse.deq) · Strong's: H4442
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Melchizedek
Used 4 times. Also: Psalms 110:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4442; TAHOT Genesis 14:18 word 2
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king of
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Genesis 14:18 word 3
שָׁלֵ֔םsha.LemSalem
Lemma: שָׁלֵם (sha.lem) · Strong's: H8004
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Salem
Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 76:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8004; TAHOT Genesis 14:18 word 4
הוֹצִ֖יאho.Tzi'he brought out
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to come out: send
Used 258 times. Also: Genesis 15:5, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 19:5, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:12, Genesis 19:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318H; TAHOT Genesis 14:18 word 5
לֶ֣חֶםLe.chembread
Lemma: לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) · Strong's: H3899H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: food: bread
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 28:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3899H; TAHOT Genesis 14:18 word 6
וָיָ֑יִןva.Ya.yinand wine
Lemma: יַ֫יִן (ya.yin) · Strong's: H3196
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wine
Used 141 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Genesis 9:24, Genesis 19:32, Genesis 19:33, Genesis 19:34, Genesis 19:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3196; TAHOT Genesis 14:18 word 7
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 14:18 word 8
כֹהֵ֖ןkho.Hen[was] a priest
Lemma: כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) · Strong's: H3548
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: priest
Used 750 times. Also: Genesis 41:45, Genesis 41:50, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 47:22, Genesis 47:26, Exodus 2:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3548; TAHOT Genesis 14:18 word 9
לְאֵ֥לle.'Elof God
Lemma: אֵל (el) · Strong's: H0410J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: El (Most High)
Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 14:19, Genesis 14:20, Genesis 14:22, Psalms 78:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0410J; TAHOT Genesis 14:18 word 10
עֶלְיֽוֹן\׃el.YonMost High
Lemma: עֶלְיוֹן (el.yon) · Strong's: H5945H
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: (LORD) Most High
Used 5 times. Also: Genesis 14:19, Genesis 14:20, Genesis 14:22, Psalms 78:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5945H; TAHOT Genesis 14:18 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then Melchizedek | → | מַלְכִּי־צֶ֫דֶק H4442 Melchizedek |
| king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| of Salem | → | שָׁלֵם H8004 Salem |
| brought out | → | יָצָא H3318H to come out: send |
| bread | → | לֶ֫חֶם H3899H food: bread |
| and wine | → | יַ֫יִן H3196 wine |
| since he | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| was priest | → | כֹּהֵן H3548 priest |
| of God | → | אֵל H0410J El (Most High) |
| Most High | → | עֶלְיוֹן H5945H (LORD) Most High |
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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