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That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: (KJV)
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אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518H
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if: surely no
Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 17:17, Genesis 24:33, Genesis 42:15, Leviticus 27:26, Numbers 11:12, Numbers 14:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518H; TAHOT Genesis 14:23 word 1
מִחוּט֙mi.Chutfrom a thread
Lemma: חוּט (chut) · Strong's: H2339
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: thread
Used 7 times. Also: Joshua 2:18, Judges 16:12, 1 Kings 7:15, Ecclesiastes 4:12, Song of Solomon 4:3, Jeremiah 52:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2339; TAHOT Genesis 14:23 word 2
וְעַ֣דve.'Adand unto
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Genesis 14:23 word 3
שְׂרֽוֹךְ\־se.rokh-a thong of
Lemma: שְׂרוֹךְ (se.rokh) · Strong's: H8288
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: thong
Used 2 times. Also: Isaiah 5:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8288; TAHOT Genesis 14:23 word 4
נַ֔עַלNa.'ala sandal
Lemma: נַ֫עַל (na.al) · Strong's: H5275
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: sandal
Used 22 times. Also: Exodus 3:5, Exodus 12:11, Deuteronomy 25:9, Deuteronomy 25:10, Deuteronomy 29:5, Joshua 5:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5275; TAHOT Genesis 14:23 word 5
וְאִם\־ve.'im-and if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518H
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if: surely no
Used 109 times. Also: Genesis 17:17, Genesis 24:33, Genesis 42:15, Leviticus 27:26, Numbers 11:12, Numbers 14:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518H; TAHOT Genesis 14:23 word 6
אֶקַּ֖ח'e.KachI will take
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
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 14:23 word 7
מִכָּל\־mi.kolany of all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Genesis 14:23 word 8
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-that
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Genesis 14:23 word 9
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Genesis 14:23 word 10
תֹאמַ֔רto.Maryou will say
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
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 14:23 word 11
אֲנִ֖י'a.NiI
Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1, Genesis 17:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Genesis 14:23 word 12
הֶעֱשַׁ֥רְתִּיhe.'e.Shar.tiI made rich
Lemma: עָשַׁר (a.shar) · Strong's: H6238
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVhp1cs)
Meaning: to enrich
Used 17 times. Also: 1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 17:25, Job 15:29, Psalms 49:16, Psalms 65:9, Proverbs 10:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6238; TAHOT Genesis 14:23 word 13
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 14:23 word 14
אַבְרָֽם\׃'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 14:23 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| that | → | אִם H0518H if: surely no |
| I will not | → | אִם H0518H if: surely no |
| accept | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| even | → | עַד H5704 till |
| a thread | → | חוּט H2339 thread |
| or a strap | → | שְׂרוֹךְ H8288 thong |
| of a sandal | → | נַ֫עַל H5275 sandal |
| or anything | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| belongs to you | → | |
| lest | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| you should say | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| I {have made} | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| Abram | → | אַבְרָם H0087 Abram |
| rich | → | עָשַׁר H6238 to enrich |
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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