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And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. (KJV)
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וַיָּ֧קָםvai.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 23:7 word 1
אַבְרָהָ֛ם'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 23:7 word 2
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּvai.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 23:12, Genesis 24:26, Genesis 24:48 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7812; TAHOT Genesis 23:7 word 3
לְעַם\־le.'am-to [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 23:11, Genesis 23:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Genesis 23:7 word 4
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'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 23:7 word 5
לִבְנֵי\־liv.nei-to [the] people of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16, Genesis 23:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Genesis 23:7 word 6
חֵֽת\׃ChetHeth
Lemma: חֵת (chet) · Strong's: H2845
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Heth
Used 14 times. Also: Genesis 10:15, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16, Genesis 23:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2845; TAHOT Genesis 23:7 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then Abraham | → | אַבְרָהָם H0085 Abraham |
| rose | → | קוּם H6965B to arise: rise |
| and bowed down | → | שָׁחָה H7812 to bow |
| before the people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| of the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| the Hittites | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| . . . | → | חֵת H2845 Heth |
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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