Genesis 28:1 Go deeper
And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. (KJV)
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וַיִּקְרָ֥אvai.yik.Ra'and he summoned
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
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 28:1 word 1
יִצְחָ֛קyitz.ChakIsaac
Lemma: יִצְחָק (yits.chaq) · Strong's: H3327
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Isaac
Used 108 times. Also: Genesis 17:19, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 21:3, Genesis 21:4, Genesis 21:5, Genesis 21:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3327; TAHOT Genesis 28:1 word 2
אֶֽל\־'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 28:1 word 3
יַעֲקֹ֖בya.'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 25:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3290; TAHOT Genesis 28:1 word 4
וַיְבָ֣רֶךְvay.Va.rekhand he blessed
Lemma: בָּרַךְ (ba.rakh) · Strong's: H1288
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)
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 28:1 word 5
אֹת֑וֹ'o.To<obj.> him
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 28:1 word 6
וַיְצַוֵּ֙הוּ֙vay.tza.Ve.huand he commanded him
Lemma: צָוָה (tsa.vah) · Strong's: H6680
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)
Meaning: to command
Used 491 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 6:22, Genesis 7:5, Genesis 7:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6680; TAHOT Genesis 28:1 word 7
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.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 28:1 word 8
לֹֽא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Genesis 28:1 word 9
תִקַּ֥חti.Kachyou must take
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947I
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to take: marry
Used 64 times. Also: Genesis 4:19, Genesis 6:2, Genesis 11:29, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947I; TAHOT Genesis 28:1 word 10
אִשָּׁ֖ה'i.Shaha wife
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Genesis 28:1 word 11
מִבְּנ֥וֹתmi.be.Notfrom [the] daughters of
Lemma: בַּת (bat) · Strong's: H1323G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: daughter
Used 539 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1323G; TAHOT Genesis 28:1 word 12
כְּנָֽעַן\׃ke.Na.'anCanaan
Lemma: כְּנַ֫עַן (ke.na.an) · Strong's: H3667A
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Canaan
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:5, Genesis 13:12, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 17:8, Genesis 23:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3667A; TAHOT Genesis 28:1 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So Isaac | → | יִצְחָק H3327 Isaac |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| called for | → | קָרָא H7121G to call: call to |
| Jacob | → | יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob |
| and blessed | → | בָּרַךְ H1288 to bless |
| him | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| Do not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| take | → | לָקַח H3947I to take: marry |
| a wife | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| from the Canaanite | → | כְּנַ֫עַן H3667A Canaan |
| women | → | בַּת H1323G daughter |
| he commanded | → | צָוָה H6680 to command |
| . . . | → | 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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