Genesis 15:6 Go deeper

And he believed in the LORD ; and he counted it to him for righteousness. (KJV)

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וְהֶאֱמִ֖ןve.he.'e.Minand he believed

Lemma: אָמַן (a.man) · Strong's: H0539

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhq3ms)

Meaning: be faithful

Used 105 times. Also: Genesis 42:20, Genesis 45:26, Exodus 4:1, Exodus 4:5, Exodus 4:8, Exodus 4:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0539; TAHOT Genesis 15:6 word 1

בַּֽיהוָ֑הba.Yah.wehin Yahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: LORD

Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Genesis 15:6 word 2

וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָvai.yach.she.Ve.haand he credited it

Lemma: חָשַׁב (cha.shav) · Strong's: H2803H

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

Meaning: to devise: count

Used 34 times. Also: Genesis 31:15, Leviticus 7:18, Leviticus 17:4, Leviticus 25:27, Leviticus 25:31, Leviticus 25:50 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2803H; TAHOT Genesis 15:6 word 3

צְדָקָֽה\׃tze.da.Kahrighteousness

Lemma: צְדָקָה (tse.da.qah) · Strong's: H6666

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

Meaning: righteousness

Used 154 times. Also: Genesis 18:19, Genesis 30:33, Deuteronomy 6:25, Deuteronomy 9:4, Deuteronomy 9:5, Deuteronomy 9:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6666; TAHOT Genesis 15:6 word 4

How the BSB renders it

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

Abram believed	→	אָמַן H0539 be faithful
the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
and it was credited	→	חָשַׁב H2803H to devise: count
to him	→
as righteousness	→	צְדָקָה H6666 righteousness

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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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