Genesis 21:32 Go deeper
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Thus they made a covenant at Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. (KJV)
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וַיִּכְרְת֥וּvai.yikh.re.Tuand they made
Lemma: כָּרַת (ka.rat) · Strong's: H3772H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to cut: make(covenant)
Used 87 times. Also: Genesis 15:18, Genesis 21:27, Genesis 26:28, Genesis 31:44, Exodus 23:32, Exodus 24:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3772H; TAHOT Genesis 21:32 word 1
בְרִ֖יתve.Rita covenant
Lemma: בְּרִית (be.rit) · Strong's: H1285
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: covenant
Used 284 times. Also: Genesis 6:18, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:11, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 9:13, Genesis 9:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1285; TAHOT Genesis 21:32 word 2
בִּבְאֵ֣רbiv.'Erat Beer
Lemma: בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע (be.er she.va) · Strong's: H0884
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Beersheba
Used 68 times. Also: Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:31, Genesis 21:33, Genesis 22:19, Genesis 26:23, Genesis 26:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0884; TAHOT Genesis 21:32 word 3
שָׁ֑בַעSha.va'Sheba
Lemma: בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע (be.er she.va) · Strong's: H0884
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Beersheba
Used 68 times. Also: Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:31, Genesis 21:33, Genesis 22:19, Genesis 26:23, Genesis 26:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0884; TAHOT Genesis 21:32 word 4
וַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komand he arose
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to arise: rise
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 13:17, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 19:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965B; TAHOT Genesis 21:32 word 5
אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ'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 20:8, Genesis 20:9, Genesis 20:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0040G; TAHOT Genesis 21:32 word 6
וּפִיכֹל֙u.fi.Kholand Phicol
Lemma: פִּיכֹל (pi.khol) · Strong's: H6369
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Phicol
Used 3 times. Also: Genesis 21:22, Genesis 26:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6369; TAHOT Genesis 21:32 word 7
שַׂר\־sar-[the] commander of
Lemma: שַׂר (sar) · Strong's: H8269
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: ruler
Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 12:15, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 26:26, Genesis 37:36, Genesis 39:1, Genesis 39:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8269; TAHOT Genesis 21:32 word 8
צְבָא֔וֹtze.va.'Oarmy his
Lemma: צָבָא (tsa.va) · Strong's: H6635A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: army
Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 2:1, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 26:26, Exodus 6:26, Exodus 7:4, Exodus 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6635A; TAHOT Genesis 21:32 word 9
וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּvai.ya.Shu.vuand they returned
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Genesis 21:32 word 10
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Genesis 21:32 word 11
אֶ֥רֶץ'E.retz[the] land of
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Genesis 21:32 word 12
פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים\׃pe.lish.Tim[the] Philistines
Lemma: פְּלִשְׁתִּי (pe.lish.ti) · Strong's: H6430G
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Philistine
Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 21:34, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 26:8, Genesis 26:14, Genesis 26:15, Genesis 26:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6430G; TAHOT Genesis 21:32 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| After they had made | → | כָּרַת H3772H to cut: make(covenant) |
| the covenant | → | בְּרִית H1285 covenant |
| at Beersheba | → | בְּאֵר שֶׁ֫בַע H0884 Beersheba |
| Abimelech | → | אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ H0040G Abimelech |
| and Phicol | → | פִּיכֹל H6369 Phicol |
| the commander | → | שַׂר H8269 ruler |
| of his army | → | צָבָא H6635A army |
| got up | → | קוּם H6965B to arise: rise |
| and returned | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| of the Philistines | → | פְּלִשְׁתִּי H6430G Philistine |
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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