Genesis 23:12 Go deeper

And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. (KJV)

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וַיִּשְׁתַּ֙חוּ֙vai.yish.Ta.chuand he bowed down

Lemma: שָׁחָה (sha.chah) · Strong's: H7812

Parsing: Verb · Hishtaphel (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVvw3ms)

Meaning: to bow

Used 169 times. Also: Genesis 18:2, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 24:26, Genesis 24:48 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7812; TAHOT Genesis 23:12 word 1

אַבְרָהָ֔ם'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 23:12 word 2

לִפְנֵ֖יlif.Nei<to> before

Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: face: before

Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Genesis 23:12 word 3

עַ֥ם'am[the] people of

Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: people

Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Genesis 23:12 word 4

הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe land

Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G

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

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 23:12 word 5

How the BSB renders it

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

Again Abraham	→	אַבְרָהָם H0085 Abraham
bowed down	→	שָׁחָה H7812 to bow
before	→	פָּנֶה H6440G face: before
the people	→	עַם H5971A people
of the land	→	אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet

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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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