Genesis 18:4 Go deeper
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Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: (KJV)
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יֻקַּֽח\־yu.kach-let it be brought
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947J
Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVHi3ms)
Meaning: to take: bring
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 15:9, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 18:5, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:13, Genesis 27:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947J; TAHOT Genesis 18:4 word 1
נָ֣אna'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 18:4 word 2
מְעַט\־me.'at-a little of
Lemma: מְעַט (me.at) · Strong's: H4592
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: little
Used 101 times. Also: Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 43:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4592; TAHOT Genesis 18:4 word 3
מַ֔יִםMa.yimwater
Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: water
Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT Genesis 18:4 word 4
וְרַחֲצ֖וּve.ra.cha.Tzuand wash
Lemma: רָחַץ (ra.chats) · Strong's: H7364
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to wash: wash
Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 43:24, Genesis 43:31, Exodus 2:5, Exodus 29:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7364; TAHOT Genesis 18:4 word 5
רַגְלֵיכֶ֑םrag.lei.Khemfeet your
Lemma: רֶ֫גֶל (re.gel) · Strong's: H7272
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: foot
Used 240 times. Also: Genesis 8:9, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:1, Genesis 30:30, Genesis 33:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7272; TAHOT Genesis 18:4 word 6
וְהִֽשָּׁעֲנ֖וּve.hi.sha.'a.Nuand support yourself
Lemma: שָׁעַן (sha.an) · Strong's: H8172
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVNv2mp)
Meaning: to lean
Used 22 times. Also: Numbers 21:15, Judges 16:26, 2 Samuel 1:6, 2 Kings 5:18, 2 Kings 7:2, 2 Kings 7:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8172; TAHOT Genesis 18:4 word 7
תַּ֥חַתTa.chatunder
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: under
Used 238 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 18:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478G; TAHOT Genesis 18:4 word 8
הָעֵֽץ\׃ha.'Etzthe tree
Lemma: עֵץ (ets) · Strong's: H6086H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: tree
Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6086H; TAHOT Genesis 18:4 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Let a little | → | מְעַט H4592 little |
| water | → | מַי H4325G water |
| be brought | → | לָקַח H3947J to take: bring |
| . . . | → | נָא H4994 please |
| that you may wash | → | רָחַץ H7364 to wash: wash |
| your feet | → | רֶ֫גֶל H7272 foot |
| and rest | → | שָׁעַן H8172 to lean |
| yourselves under | → | תַּחַת H8478G underneath: under |
| the tree | → | עֵץ H6086H tree |
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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