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And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD . (KJV)
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וַיִּפְנ֤וּvai.yif.Nuand they turned away
Lemma: פָּנָה (pa.nah) · Strong's: H6437G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to turn
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 24:31, Genesis 24:49, Genesis 24:63, Exodus 2:12, Exodus 7:23, Exodus 10:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6437G; TAHOT Genesis 18:22 word 1
מִשָּׁם֙mi.Shamfrom there
Lemma: שָׁם (sham) · Strong's: H8033G
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: there
Used 832 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:10, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 3:23, Genesis 10:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8033G; TAHOT Genesis 18:22 word 2
הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔יםha.'a.na.Shimthe men
Lemma: אֱנוֹשׁ (e.nosh) · Strong's: H0582
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: human
Used 564 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 12:20, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0582; TAHOT Genesis 18:22 word 3
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּvai.ye.le.Khuand they went
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Genesis 18:22 word 4
סְדֹ֑מָהse.Do.mahSodom towards
Lemma: סְדֹם (se.dom) · Strong's: H5467
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Sodom
Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 10:19, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:12, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5467; TAHOT Genesis 18:22 word 5
וְאַ֨בְרָהָ֔םve.'Av.ra.Hamand Abraham
Lemma: אַבְרָהָם (av.ra.ham) · Strong's: H0085
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Abraham
Used 175 times. Also: Genesis 17:5, Genesis 17:9, Genesis 17:15, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 17:18, Genesis 17:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0085; TAHOT Genesis 18:22 word 6
עוֹדֶ֥נּוּo.De.nustill [was] he
Lemma: עוֹד (od) · Strong's: H5750
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAcmsc)
Meaning: still
Used 489 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 8:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5750; TAHOT Genesis 18:22 word 7
עֹמֵ֖ד'o.Medstanding
Lemma: עָמַד (a.mad) · Strong's: H5975G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to stand: stand
Used 450 times. Also: Genesis 18:8, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:27, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:31, Genesis 29:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5975G; TAHOT Genesis 18:22 word 8
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> before
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: before
Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Genesis 18:22 word 9
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahweh
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 18:22 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And the [two] men | → | אֱנוֹשׁ H0582 human |
| turned | → | פָּנָה H6437G to turn |
| away | → | שָׁם H8033G there |
| and went | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| toward Sodom | → | סְדֹם H5467 Sodom |
| but Abraham | → | אַבְרָהָם H0085 Abraham |
| remained | → | עוֹד H5750 still |
| standing | → | עָמַד H5975G to stand: stand |
| before | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
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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