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And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
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 25:31 word 1
יַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoJacob
Lemma: יַעֲקֹב (ya.a.qov) · Strong's: H3290
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Jacob
Used 350 times. Also: Genesis 25:26, Genesis 25:27, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 25:29, Genesis 25:30, Genesis 25:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3290; TAHOT Genesis 25:31 word 2
מִכְרָ֥הmikh.Rahsell !
Lemma: מָכַר (ma.khar) · Strong's: H4376
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to sell
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 25:33, Genesis 31:15, Genesis 37:27, Genesis 37:28, Genesis 37:36, Genesis 45:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4376; TAHOT Genesis 25:31 word 3
כַיּ֛וֹםkhai.Yomas the day
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: day: today
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 19:37, Genesis 19:38, Genesis 22:14, Genesis 25:33, Genesis 26:33, Genesis 31:43 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117L; TAHOT Genesis 25:31 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 25:31 word 5
בְּכֹֽרָתְךָ֖be.kho.ra.te.Khabirthright your
Lemma: בְּכֹרָה (be.kho.rah) · Strong's: H1062
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: birthright
Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 25:32, Genesis 25:33, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 27:36, Genesis 43:33, Deuteronomy 21:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1062; TAHOT Genesis 25:31 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| First | → | יוֹם H3117L day: today |
| sell | → | מָכַר H4376 to sell |
| me | → | |
| your birthright | → | בְּכֹרָה H1062 birthright |
| Jacob | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
| replied | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
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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