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And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. (KJV)
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וַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.Lachand he stretched out
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971K
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to send: reach
Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 22:12, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 48:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971K; TAHOT Genesis 22:10 word 1
אַבְרָהָם֙'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 22:10 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 22:10 word 3
יָד֔וֹya.Dohand his
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 22:10 word 4
וַיִּקַּ֖חvai.yi.Kachand he took
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
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 22:10 word 5
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 22:10 word 6
הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶתha.ma.'a.Khe.letthe knife
Lemma: מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת (ma.a.khe.let) · Strong's: H3979
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: knife
Used 4 times. Also: Genesis 22:6, Judges 19:29, Proverbs 30:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3979; TAHOT Genesis 22:10 word 7
לִשְׁחֹ֖טlish.Chotto slaughter
Lemma: שָׁחַט (sha.chat) · Strong's: H7819A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to slaughter
Used 79 times. Also: Genesis 37:31, Exodus 12:6, Exodus 12:21, Exodus 29:11, Exodus 29:16, Exodus 29:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7819A; TAHOT Genesis 22:10 word 8
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 22:10 word 9
בְּנֽוֹ\׃be.Noson his
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Genesis 22:10 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then Abraham | → | אַבְרָהָם H0085 Abraham |
| reached out | → | שָׁלַח H7971K to send: reach |
| his hand | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| and took | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| the knife | → | מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת H3979 knife |
| to slaughter | → | שָׁחַט H7819A to slaughter |
| his son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
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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