Genesis 24:57 Go deeper

And they said, We will call the damsel, and enquire at her mouth. (KJV)

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וַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 24:57 word 1

נִקְרָ֣אnik.Ra'let us summon

Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqi1cp)

Meaning: to call: call to

Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 3:9, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 16:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7121G; TAHOT Genesis 24:57 word 2

לַֽנַּעֲרָ֑la.na.'a.Ra<to> the young woman

Lemma: נַעֲרָה (na.a.rah) · Strong's: H5291

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

Meaning: maiden

Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:16, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:55, Genesis 24:61, Genesis 34:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5291; TAHOT Genesis 24:57 word 3

וְנִשְׁאֲלָ֖הve.nish.'a.Lahand let us ask

Lemma: שָׁאַל (sha.al) · Strong's: H7592

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqc1cp)

Meaning: to ask

Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 24:47, Genesis 26:7, Genesis 32:17, Genesis 32:29, Genesis 37:15, Genesis 38:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7592; TAHOT Genesis 24:57 word 4

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 24:57 word 5

פִּֽיהָ\׃Pi.hamouth her

Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310G

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

Meaning: lip

Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 4:11, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 29:2, Genesis 29:3, Genesis 29:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6310G; TAHOT Genesis 24:57 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

So they said	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
We will call	→	קָרָא H7121G to call: call to
the girl	→	נַעֲרָה H5291 maiden
and ask	→	שָׁאַל H7592 to ask
her opinion	→	פֶּה H6310G lip

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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