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And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. (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 33:12 word 1
נִסְעָ֣הnis.'Ahlet us set out
Lemma: נָסַע (na.sa) · Strong's: H5265
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqc1cp)
Meaning: to set out
Used 146 times. Also: Genesis 11:2, Genesis 12:9, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 20:1, Genesis 33:17, Genesis 35:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5265; TAHOT Genesis 33:12 word 2
וְנֵלֵ֑כָהve.ne.Le.khahand let us go
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980M
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqc1cp)
Meaning: to go: journey
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 14:11, Genesis 14:12, Genesis 18:33, Genesis 24:61, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 37:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980M; TAHOT Genesis 33:12 word 3
וְאֵלְכָ֖הve.'e.le.Khahand I will go
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqc1cs)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Genesis 33:12 word 4
לְנֶגְדֶּֽךָ\׃le.neg.De.khato before you
Lemma: נֶ֫גֶד (ne.ged) · Strong's: H5048
Parsing: Acmsc (Acmsc)
Meaning: before
Used 151 times. Also: Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 21:16, Genesis 31:32, Genesis 31:37, Genesis 47:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5048; TAHOT Genesis 33:12 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then Esau said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Let us be on our way | → | נָסַע H5265 to set out |
| . . . | → | הָלַךְ H1980M to go: journey |
| and I will go | → | הָלַךְ H1980M to go: journey |
| ahead of you | → | נֶ֫גֶד H5048 before |
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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