Genesis 29:4 Go deeper

And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we. (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.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 29:4 word 1

יַעֲקֹ֔בya.'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 29:4 word 2

אַחַ֖י'a.ChaiO brothers my

Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: brother: male-sibling

Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Genesis 29:4 word 3

מֵאַ֣יִןme.'A.yinfrom where?

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0370

Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)

Meaning: where?

Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 42:7, Numbers 11:13, Joshua 2:4, Joshua 9:8, Judges 17:9, Judges 19:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0370; TAHOT Genesis 29:4 word 4

אַתֶּ֑ם'a.Tem[are] you

Lemma: אַתֶּם (at.tem) · Strong's: H0859D

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Plural (HPp2mp)

Meaning: you(m.p.)

Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 9:7, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:14, Genesis 42:16, Genesis 42:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0859D; TAHOT Genesis 29:4 word 5

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.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 29:4 word 6

מֵחָרָ֖ןme.cha.Ran[are] from Haran

Lemma: חָרָן (cha.ran) · Strong's: H2771A

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Haran

Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 11:31, Genesis 11:32, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5, Genesis 27:43, Genesis 28:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2771A; TAHOT Genesis 29:4 word 7

אֲנָֽחְנוּ\׃'a.Na.che.nuwe

Lemma: אֲנַ֫חְנוּ (a.nach.nu) · Strong's: H0587

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Plural (HPp1bp)

Meaning: we

Used 118 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 19:13, Genesis 37:7, Genesis 42:11, Genesis 42:13, Genesis 42:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0587; TAHOT Genesis 29:4 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

My brothers	→	אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling
Jacob	→	יַעֲקֹב H3290 Jacob
asked	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
the [shepherds]	→
where	→	אַ֫יִן H0370 where?
are you from	→	אַתֶּם H0859D you(m.p.)
We are	→	אֲנַ֫חְנוּ H0587 we
from Haran	→	חָרָן H2771A Haran
they answered	→	אָמַר H0559 to say

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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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