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And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.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 15:13 word 1

לְאַבְרָ֗םle.'av.Ramto Abram

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 15:13 word 2

יָדֹ֨עַya.Do.a'certainly <to know>

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Genesis 15:13 word 3

תֵּדַ֜עte.Da'you will know

Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to know

Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Genesis 15:13 word 4

כִּי\־ki-that

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Genesis 15:13 word 5

גֵ֣ר\׀gera sojourner

Lemma: גֵּר (ger) · Strong's: H1616

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

Meaning: sojourner

Used 92 times. Also: Genesis 23:4, Exodus 2:22, Exodus 12:19, Exodus 12:48, Exodus 12:49, Exodus 18:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1616; TAHOT Genesis 15:13 word 6

יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will be

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Genesis 15:13 word 7

זַרְעֲךָ֗zar.'a.Khaoffspring your

Lemma: זֶ֫רַע (ze.ra) · Strong's: H2233H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: seed: children

Used 177 times. Also: Genesis 3:15, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:3, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2233H; TAHOT Genesis 15:13 word 8

בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙be.'E.retzin a land

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: land: country/planet

Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Genesis 15:13 word 9

לֹ֣אlo'[which] 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 15:13 word 10

וַעֲבָד֖וּםva.'a.va.Dumand they will serve them

Lemma: עָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H5647G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)

Meaning: to serve

Used 97 times. Also: Genesis 14:4, Genesis 15:14, Genesis 25:23, Genesis 27:29, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 29:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5647G; TAHOT Genesis 15:13 word 11

וְעִנּ֣וּve.'i.Nuand they will afflict

Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6031B

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpq3cp)

Meaning: to afflict

Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 16:6, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 31:50, Genesis 34:2, Exodus 1:11, Exodus 1:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6031B; TAHOT Genesis 15:13 word 12

אֹתָ֑ם'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 15:13 word 13

אַרְבַּ֥ע'ar.Ba'four

Lemma: אַרְבַּע (ar.ba) · Strong's: H0702

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HAcbsc)

Meaning: four

Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 2:10, Genesis 11:13, Genesis 11:15, Genesis 11:16, Genesis 11:17, Genesis 14:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0702; TAHOT Genesis 15:13 word 14

מֵא֖וֹתme.'othundred<s>

Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HAcfpa)

Meaning: hundred

Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT Genesis 15:13 word 15

שָׁנָֽה\׃sha.Nahyear[s]

Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: year

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Genesis 15:13 word 16

How the BSB renders it

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

Then [the LORD] said	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to Abram	→	אַבְרָם H0087 Abram
Know for certain	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
. . .	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
that	→	כִּי H3588A for
your descendants	→	זֶ֫רַע H2233H seed: children
will be	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
strangers	→	גֵּר H1616 sojourner
in a land	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet
that is not	→	לֹא H3808 not
their own	→
and they will be enslaved	→	עָבַד H5647G to serve
and mistreated	→	עָנָה H6031B to afflict
four	→	אַרְבַּע H0702 four
hundred	→	מֵאָה H3967 hundred
years	→	שָׁנָה H8141 year

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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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