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And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. (KJV)
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וַיַּצֵּ֣בvai.ya.Tzevand he set
Lemma: נָצַב (na.tsav) · Strong's: H5324
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to stand
Used 74 times. Also: Genesis 18:2, Genesis 21:29, Genesis 24:13, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 28:12, Genesis 28:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5324; TAHOT Genesis 21:28 word 1
אַבְרָהָ֗ם'av.ra.HamAbraham
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 21:28 word 2
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 21:28 word 3
שֶׁ֛בַעShe.va'seven
Lemma: שֶׁ֫בַע (she.va) · Strong's: H7651
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)
Meaning: seven
Used 392 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:26, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7651; TAHOT Genesis 21:28 word 4
כִּבְשֹׂ֥תkiv.Sotewe-lambs of
Lemma: כִּבְשָׂה (kiv.sah) · Strong's: H3535
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: ewe-lamb
Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 21:29, Genesis 21:30, Leviticus 14:10, Numbers 6:14, 2 Samuel 12:3, 2 Samuel 12:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3535; TAHOT Genesis 21:28 word 5
הַצֹּ֖אןha.Tzonthe flock
Lemma: צֹאן (tson) · Strong's: H6629G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: flock
Used 271 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 20:14, Genesis 21:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6629G; TAHOT Genesis 21:28 word 6
לְבַדְּהֶֽן\׃le.va.de.Hento alone them
Lemma: בַּד (bad) · Strong's: H0905H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: alone
Used 116 times. Also: Genesis 2:18, Genesis 21:29, Genesis 30:40, Genesis 32:16, Genesis 32:24, Genesis 42:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0905H; TAHOT Genesis 21:28 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Abraham | → | אַבְרָהָם H0085 Abraham |
| separated | → | נָצַב H5324 to stand |
| . . . | → | בַּד H0905H alone |
| seven | → | שֶׁ֫בַע H7651 seven |
| ewe lambs | → | כִּבְשָׂה H3535 ewe-lamb |
| from the flock | → | צֹאן H6629G flock |
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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