Genesis 26:21 Go deeper
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And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. (KJV)
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וַֽיַּחְפְּרוּ֙vai.yach.pe.Ruand they dug
Lemma: חָפַר (cha.phar) · Strong's: H2658
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to search
Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 21:30, Genesis 26:15, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 26:19, Genesis 26:22, Genesis 26:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2658; TAHOT Genesis 26:21 word 1
בְּאֵ֣רbe.'Era well
Lemma: בְּאֵר (be.er) · Strong's: H0875
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: well
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 14:10, Genesis 16:14, Genesis 21:19, Genesis 21:25, Genesis 21:30, Genesis 24:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0875; TAHOT Genesis 26:21 word 2
אַחֶ֔רֶת'a.Che.retanother
Lemma: אַחֵר (a.cher) · Strong's: H0312
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: another
Used 166 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 26:22, Genesis 29:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0312; TAHOT Genesis 26:21 word 3
וַיָּרִ֖יבוּvai.ya.Ri.vuand they disputed
Lemma: רִיב (riv) · Strong's: H7378
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to contend
Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 26:20, Genesis 26:22, Genesis 31:36, Exodus 17:2, Exodus 21:18, Numbers 20:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7378; TAHOT Genesis 26:21 word 4
גַּם\־gam-also
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Genesis 26:21 word 5
עָלֶ֑יהָ'a.Lei.haon it
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Genesis 26:21 word 6
וַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'and he called
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to call: call by
Used 221 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121H; TAHOT Genesis 26:21 word 7
שְׁמָ֖הּshe.Mahname its
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Genesis 26:21 word 8
שִׂטְנָֽה\׃sit.NahSitnah
Lemma: שִׂטְנָה (sit.nah) · Strong's: H7856
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Sitnah
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7856; TAHOT Genesis 26:21 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then they dug | → | חָפַר H2658 to search |
| another | → | אַחֵר H0312 another |
| well | → | בְּאֵר H0875 well |
| and quarreled | → | רִיב H7378 to contend |
| over | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| that one {also} | → | גַּם H1571 also |
| so he named | → | קָרָא H7121H to call: call by |
| it | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| Sitnah | → | שִׂטְנָה H7856 Sitnah |
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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