Genesis 33:4 Go deeper

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. (KJV)

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וַיָּ֨רָץvai.Ya.rotzand he ran

Lemma: רוּץ (ruts) · Strong's: H7323G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to run: run

Used 86 times. Also: Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:20, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:29 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7323G; TAHOT Genesis 33:4 word 1

עֵשָׂ֤ו'e.SavEsau

Lemma: עֵשָׂו (e.sav) · Strong's: H6215G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Esau

Used 77 times. Also: Genesis 25:25, Genesis 25:26, Genesis 25:27, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 25:29, Genesis 25:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6215G; TAHOT Genesis 33:4 word 2

לִקְרָאתוֹ֙lik.ra.Toto meet him

Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7122G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to encounter: meet

Used 86 times. Also: Genesis 14:17, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:65, Genesis 29:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7122G; TAHOT Genesis 33:4 word 3

וַֽיְחַבְּקֵ֔הוּvay.cha.be.Ke.huand he embraced him

Lemma: חָבַק (cha.vaq) · Strong's: H2263

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVpw3ms)

Meaning: to embrace

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 29:13, Genesis 48:10, 2 Kings 4:16, Job 24:8, Proverbs 4:8, Proverbs 5:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2263; TAHOT Genesis 33:4 word 4

וַיִּפֹּ֥לvai.yi.Poland he fell

Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to fall: fall

Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Genesis 33:4 word 5

עַל\־'al-on

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

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 33:4 word 6

וַׄיִּׄשָּׁׄקֵ֑ׄהׄוּׄvai.yi.sha.Ke.huand he kissed him

Lemma: נָשַׁק (na.shaq) · Strong's: H5401A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to kiss

Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 27:26, Genesis 27:27, Genesis 29:11, Genesis 29:13, Genesis 31:28, Genesis 31:55 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5401A; TAHOT Genesis 33:4 word 7

וַיִּבְכּֽוּ\׃vai.yiv.Kuand they wept

Lemma: בָּכָה (ba.khah) · Strong's: H1058

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to weep

Used 114 times. Also: Genesis 21:16, Genesis 23:2, Genesis 27:38, Genesis 29:11, Genesis 37:35, Genesis 42:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1058; TAHOT Genesis 33:4 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Esau, however	→	עֵשָׂו H6215G Esau
. . .	→	קָרָא H7122G to encounter: meet
ran to him	→	רוּץ H7323G to run: run
and embraced him	→	חָבַק H2263 to embrace
threw his arms around	→	נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall
. . .	→	עַל H5921A upon
his neck	→	H6677
and kissed him	→	נָשַׁק H5401A to kiss
And they both wept	→	בָּכָה H1058 to weep

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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