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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)
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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
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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