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Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. (KJV)
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וַיֵּ֤שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he dwelt
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Genesis 36:8 word 1
עֵשָׂו֙'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 36:8 word 2
בְּהַ֣רbe.Harin [the] hill country of
Lemma: הַר (har) · Strong's: H2022H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: mountain: hill country
Used 95 times. Also: Genesis 10:30, Genesis 12:8, Genesis 14:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 31:21, Genesis 31:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2022H; TAHOT Genesis 36:8 word 3
שֵׂעִ֔ירse.'IrSeir
Lemma: שֵׂעִיר (se.ir) · Strong's: H8165A
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Seir
Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 32:3, Genesis 33:14, Genesis 33:16, Genesis 36:9, Genesis 36:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8165A; TAHOT Genesis 36:8 word 4
עֵשָׂ֖ו'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 36:8 word 5
ה֥וּאhu'that
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Singular (HPp3ms)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Genesis 36:8 word 6
אֱדֽוֹם\׃'e.Dom[is] Edom
Lemma: אֱדוֹם (e.dom) · Strong's: H0123H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Edom
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 25:30, Genesis 36:1, Genesis 36:19, Genesis 36:21, 1 Chronicles 1:51, 1 Chronicles 1:54 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0123H; TAHOT Genesis 36:8 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So Esau | → | עֵשָׂו H6215G Esau |
| . . . | → | עֵשָׂו H6215G Esau |
| (that is | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| Edom | → | אֱדוֹם H0123H Edom |
| settled | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| in [the area of] Mount | → | הַר H2022H mountain: hill country |
| Seir | → | שֵׂעִיר H8165A Seir |
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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