Genesis 14:21 Go deeper
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And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 14:21 word 1
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.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 14:21 word 2
סְדֹ֖םse.DomSodom
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 14:21 word 3
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Genesis 14:21 word 4
אַבְרָ֑ם'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 14:21 word 5
תֶּן\־ten-give
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Genesis 14:21 word 6
הַנֶּ֔פֶשׁha.Ne.feshthe person[s]
Lemma: נֶ֫פֶשׁ (ne.phesh) · Strong's: H5315J
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: soul: person
Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 12:5, Genesis 17:14, Genesis 36:6, Genesis 46:15, Genesis 46:18, Genesis 46:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5315J; TAHOT Genesis 14:21 word 7
וְהָרְכֻ֖שׁve.ha.re.Khushand the possession[s]
Lemma: רְכוּשׁ (re.khush) · Strong's: H7399
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: property
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 12:5, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 14:11, Genesis 14:12, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7399; TAHOT Genesis 14:21 word 8
קַֽח\־kach-take
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
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 14:21 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| of Sodom | → | סְדֹם H5467 Sodom |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| Abram | → | אַבְרָם H0087 Abram |
| Give | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| me | → | |
| the people | → | נֶ֫פֶשׁ H5315J soul: person |
| but take | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| the goods | → | רְכוּשׁ H7399 property |
| for yourself | → |
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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