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And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merand 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 21:30 word 1

כִּ֚יkithat

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Genesis 21:30 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 21:30 word 3

שֶׁ֣בַעShe.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 21:30 word 4

כְּבָשֹׂ֔תke.va.Sotewe-lambs

Lemma: כִּבְשָׂה (kiv.sah) · Strong's: H3535

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: ewe-lamb

Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 21:28, Genesis 21:29, Leviticus 14:10, Numbers 6:14, 2 Samuel 12:3, 2 Samuel 12:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3535; TAHOT Genesis 21:30 word 5

תִּקַּ֖חti.Kachyou will take

Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)

Meaning: to take: take

Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Genesis 21:30 word 6

מִיָּדִ֑יmi.ya.Difrom hand my

Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: hand

Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Genesis 21:30 word 7

בַּעֲבוּר֙ba.'a.Vurin order that

Lemma: עָבוּר (a.vur) · Strong's: H5668

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: for the sake of

Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 3:17, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 18:26, Genesis 18:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5668; TAHOT Genesis 21:30 word 8

תִּֽהְיֶה\־tih.yeh-it may become

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqj3fs)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Genesis 21:30 word 9

לְעֵדָ֔הle.'e.Dah<into> a witness

Lemma: עֵדָה (e.dah) · Strong's: H5713A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: witness

Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 31:52, Joshua 24:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5713A; TAHOT Genesis 21:30 word 10

כִּ֥יkifor

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Genesis 21:30 word 11

חָפַ֖רְתִּיcha.Far.tiI dug

Lemma: חָפַר (cha.phar) · Strong's: H2658

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)

Meaning: to search

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 26:15, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 26:19, Genesis 26:21, Genesis 26:22, Genesis 26:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2658; TAHOT Genesis 21:30 word 12

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 21:30 word 13

הַבְּאֵ֥רha.be.'Erthe well

Lemma: בְּאֵר (be.er) · Strong's: H0875

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: well

Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 14:10, Genesis 16:14, Genesis 21:19, Genesis 21:25, Genesis 24:11, Genesis 24:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0875; TAHOT Genesis 21:30 word 14

הַזֹּֽאת\׃ha.Zot<the> this

Lemma: זֹאת (zot) · Strong's: H2063

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: this

Used 603 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:17, Genesis 12:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2063; TAHOT Genesis 21:30 word 15

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

He replied→אָמַר H0559 to say
You are to accept→לָקַח H3947G to take: take
the seven→שֶׁ֫בַע H7651 seven
ewe lambs→כִּבְשָׂה H3535 ewe-lamb
from my hand→יָד H3027G hand
as my witness→עֵדָה H5713A witness
that→כִּי H3588A for
I dug→חָפַר H2658 to search
this→זֹאת H2063 this
well→בְּאֵר H0875 well

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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