Genesis 15:11 Go deeper

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away. (KJV)

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וַיֵּ֥רֶדvai.Ye.redand it came down

Lemma: יָרַד (ya.rad) · Strong's: H3381

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to go down

Used 378 times. Also: Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:16, Genesis 24:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3381; TAHOT Genesis 15:11 word 1

הָעַ֖יִטha.'A.yitthe bird[s] of prey

Lemma: עַ֫יִט (a.yit) · Strong's: H5861

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: bird of prey

Used 8 times. Also: Job 28:7, Isaiah 18:6, Isaiah 46:11, Jeremiah 12:9, Ezekiel 39:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5861; TAHOT Genesis 15:11 word 2

עַל\־'al-on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Genesis 15:11 word 3

הַפְּגָרִ֑יםha.pe.ga.Rimthe carcasses

Lemma: פֶּ֫גֶר (pe.ger) · Strong's: H6297

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: corpse

Used 22 times. Also: Leviticus 26:30, Numbers 14:29, Numbers 14:32, Numbers 14:33, 1 Samuel 17:46, 2 Kings 19:35 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6297; TAHOT Genesis 15:11 word 4

וַיַּשֵּׁ֥בvai.ya.Shevand he drove away

Lemma: נָשַׁב (na.shav) · Strong's: H5380

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)

Meaning: to blow

Used 3 times. Also: Psalms 147:18, Isaiah 40:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5380; TAHOT Genesis 15:11 word 5

אֹתָ֖ם'o.Tam<obj.> them

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 15:11 word 6

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 15:11 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

And the birds of prey	→	עַ֫יִט H5861 bird of prey
descended	→	יָרַד H3381 to go down
on	→	עַל H5921A upon
the carcasses	→	פֶּ֫גֶר H6297 corpse
but Abram	→	אַבְרָם H0087 Abram
drove them away	→	נָשַׁב H5380 to blow

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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