Genesis 15:8 Go deeper

And he said, Lord GOD , whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? (KJV)

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וַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.Marand 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 15:8 word 1

אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.NaiO Lord

Lemma: אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) · Strong's: H0136

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: Lord

Used 440 times. Also: Genesis 15:2, Genesis 18:27, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0136; TAHOT Genesis 15:8 word 2

יֱהוִ֔הYah.wehYahweh

Lemma: יְהֹוִה (ye.ho.vih) · Strong's: H3069

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)

Meaning: YHWH/God

Used 306 times. Also: Genesis 15:2, Deuteronomy 3:24, Deuteronomy 9:26, Joshua 7:7, Judges 6:22, Judges 16:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3069; TAHOT Genesis 15:8 word 3

בַּמָּ֥הba.Mah<in> how?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Genesis 15:8 word 4

אֵדַ֖ע'e.Da'will I know

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

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

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 15:8 word 5

כִּ֥יkithat

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 15:8 word 6

אִֽירָשֶֽׁנָּה\׃'I.ra.She.nahI will take possession of it

Lemma: יָרַשׁ (ya.rash) · Strong's: H3423H

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)

Meaning: to possess: take

Used 188 times. Also: Genesis 15:7, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 28:4, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 34:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3423H; TAHOT Genesis 15:8 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

But [Abram] replied	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
Lord	→	אֲדֹנָי H0136 Lord
GOD	→	יְהֹוִה H3069 YHWH/God
how	→	מָה H4100 what?
can I know	→	יָדַע H3045 to know
that	→	כִּי H3588A for
I will possess it	→	יָרַשׁ H3423H to possess: take

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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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