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And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water . (KJV)
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וַיַּבְרֵ֧ךְvai.yav.Rekhand he made kneel
Lemma: בָּרַךְ (ba.rakh) · Strong's: H1288
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to bless
Used 330 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 9:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1288; TAHOT Genesis 24:11 word 1
הַגְּמַלִּ֛יםha.ge.ma.Limthe camels
Lemma: גָּמָל (ga.mal) · Strong's: H1581
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Plural · Absolute (HNcbpa)
Meaning: camel
Used 54 times. Also: Genesis 12:16, Genesis 24:10, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:19, Genesis 24:20, Genesis 24:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1581; TAHOT Genesis 24:11 word 2
מִח֥וּץmi.Chutzfrom [the] outside
Lemma: חוּץ (chuts) · Strong's: H2351
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: outside
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 6:14, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 24:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2351; TAHOT Genesis 24:11 word 3
לָעִ֖ירla.'Irof the city
Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: city
Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Genesis 24:11 word 4
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 24:11 word 5
בְּאֵ֣רbe.'Er[the] well of
Lemma: בְּאֵר (be.er) · Strong's: H0875
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: well
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 14:10, Genesis 16:14, Genesis 21:19, Genesis 21:25, Genesis 21:30, Genesis 24:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0875; TAHOT Genesis 24:11 word 6
הַמָּ֑יִםha.Ma.yimthe water
Lemma: מַי (ma.yim) · Strong's: H4325G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: water
Used 573 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4325G; TAHOT Genesis 24:11 word 7
לְעֵ֣תle.'Etto [the] time of
Lemma: עֵת (et) · Strong's: H6256
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: time
Used 296 times. Also: Genesis 8:11, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 31:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6256; TAHOT Genesis 24:11 word 8
עֶ֔רֶב'E.revevening
Lemma: עֶ֫רֶב (e.rev) · Strong's: H6153
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: evening
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:19, Genesis 1:23, Genesis 1:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6153; TAHOT Genesis 24:11 word 9
לְעֵ֖תle.'Etto [the] time of
Lemma: עֵת (et) · Strong's: H6256
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: time
Used 296 times. Also: Genesis 8:11, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 18:14, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 31:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6256; TAHOT Genesis 24:11 word 10
צֵ֥אתtzet[the] going out of
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to come out: come
Used 620 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:18, Genesis 8:19, Genesis 9:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318G; TAHOT Genesis 24:11 word 11
הַשֹּׁאֲבֹֽת\׃ha.sho.'a.Votthe [women who] draw water
Lemma: שָׁאַב (sha.av) · Strong's: H7579
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrfpa)
Meaning: to draw
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 24:13, Genesis 24:19, Genesis 24:20, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 24:44, Genesis 24:45 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7579; TAHOT Genesis 24:11 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| As evening approached | → | עֶ֫רֶב H6153 evening |
| . . . | → | עֵת H6256 time |
| he made the camels | → | גָּמָל H1581 camel |
| kneel down | → | בָּרַךְ H1288 to bless |
| near | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the well | → | בְּאֵר H0875 well |
| . . . | → | מַי H4325G water |
| outside | → | חוּץ H2351 outside |
| the town | → | עִיר H5892B city |
| at the time | → | עֵת H6256 time |
| when the women went out | → | יָצָא H3318G to come out: come |
| to draw water | → | שָׁאַב H7579 to draw |
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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