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Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. (KJV)
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וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨םvai.yash.Kemand he rose early
Lemma: שָׁכַם (sha.kham) · Strong's: H7925
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to rise
Used 65 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:27, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 26:31, Genesis 28:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7925; TAHOT Genesis 20:8 word 1
אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhAbimelech
Lemma: אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ (a.vi.me.lekh) · Strong's: H0040G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Abimelech
Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 20:2, Genesis 20:3, Genesis 20:4, Genesis 20:9, Genesis 20:10, Genesis 20:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0040G; TAHOT Genesis 20:8 word 2
בַּבֹּ֗קֶרba.Bo.kerin the morning
Lemma: בֹּ֫קֶר (bo.qer) · Strong's: H1242
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: morning
Used 214 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:19, Genesis 1:23, Genesis 1:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1242; TAHOT Genesis 20:8 word 3
וַיִּקְרָא֙vai.yik.Ra'and he summoned
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to call: call to
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT Genesis 20:8 word 4
לְכָל\־le.khol<to> all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Genesis 20:8 word 5
עֲבָדָ֔יו'a.va.Davservants his
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT Genesis 20:8 word 6
וַיְדַבֵּ֛רvay.da.Berand he spoke
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Genesis 20:8 word 7
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Genesis 20:8 word 8
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Genesis 20:8 word 9
הַדְּבָרִ֥יםha.de.va.Rimthe words
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: word: thing
Used 294 times. Also: Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 20:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697I; TAHOT Genesis 20:8 word 10
הָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> these
Lemma: אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) · Strong's: H0428
Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)
Meaning: these
Used 745 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0428; TAHOT Genesis 20:8 word 11
בְּאָזְנֵיהֶ֑םbe.'a.ze.nei.Hemin ears their
Lemma: אֹ֫זֶן (o.zen) · Strong's: H0241I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: ear: to ears
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 44:18, Genesis 50:4, Deuteronomy 31:28, Deuteronomy 31:30, Joshua 20:4, Judges 7:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0241I; TAHOT Genesis 20:8 word 12
וַיִּֽירְא֥וּvai.yi.re.'Uand they were afraid
Lemma: יָרֵא (ya.re) · Strong's: H3372G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to fear
Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:15, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 21:17, Genesis 26:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3372G; TAHOT Genesis 20:8 word 13
הָאֲנָשִׁ֖יםha.'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 20:8 word 14
מְאֹֽד\׃me.'Odexceedingly
Lemma: מְאֹד (me.od) · Strong's: H3966
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)
Meaning: much
Used 300 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 4:5, Genesis 7:18, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3966; TAHOT Genesis 20:8 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Early the next morning | → | בֹּ֫קֶר H1242 morning |
| Abimelech | → | אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ H0040G Abimelech |
| got up | → | שָׁכַם H7925 to rise |
| and summoned | → | קָרָא H7121G to call: call to |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| his servants | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
| and when he described to them | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| that | → | אֵ֫לֶּה H0428 these |
| had happened | → | דָּבָר H1697I word: thing |
| the men | → | אֱנוֹשׁ H0582 human |
| were terrified | → | יָרֵא H3372G to fear |
| . . . | → | מְאֹד H3966 much |
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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