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And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: (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 18:3 word 1
אֲדֹנָ֗י'a.do.NaiLord my
Lemma: אָדוֹן (a.don) · Strong's: H0113
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: lord
Used 332 times. Also: Genesis 18:12, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 23:15, Genesis 24:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0113; TAHOT Genesis 18:3 word 2
אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 18:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Genesis 18:3 word 3
נָ֨אna'please
Lemma: נָא (na) · Strong's: H4994
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: please
Used 404 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 15:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4994; TAHOT Genesis 18:3 word 4
מָצָ֤אתִיma.Tza.tiI have found
Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to find
Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Genesis 18:3 word 5
חֵן֙chenfavor
Lemma: חֵן (chen) · Strong's: H2580
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: favor
Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 6:8, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 30:27, Genesis 32:5, Genesis 33:8, Genesis 33:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2580; TAHOT Genesis 18:3 word 6
בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָbe.'ei.Nei.khain view your
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye: seeing
Used 208 times. Also: Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 30:27, Genesis 32:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869H; TAHOT Genesis 18:3 word 7
אַל\־'al-may not
Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7, Genesis 19:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Genesis 18:3 word 8
נָ֥אna'please
Lemma: נָא (na) · Strong's: H4994
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: please
Used 404 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 15:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4994; TAHOT Genesis 18:3 word 9
תַעֲבֹ֖רta.'a.Voryou pass by
Lemma: עָבַר (a.var) · Strong's: H5674A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqj2ms)
Meaning: to pass
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 8:1, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 23:16, Genesis 30:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5674A; TAHOT Genesis 18:3 word 10
מֵעַ֥לme.'Alfrom with
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 18:3 word 11
עַבְדֶּֽךָ\׃'av.De.khaservant your
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT Genesis 18:3 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| My lord | → | אָדוֹן H0113 lord |
| said [Abraham] | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| if | → | אִם H0518A if |
| I have found | → | מָצָא H4672 to find |
| favor | → | חֵן H2580 favor |
| in your sight | → | עַ֫יִן H5869H eye: seeing |
| please | → | נָא H4994 please |
| do not | → | אַל H0408 not |
| . . . | → | נָא H4994 please |
| pass | → | עָבַר H5674A to pass |
| . . . | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| your servant {by} | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
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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