Genesis 37:12 Go deeper

And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem. (KJV)

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וַיֵּלְכ֖וּvai.ye.le.Khuand they went

Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G

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

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 37:12 word 1

אֶחָ֑יו'e.Chavbrothers his

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 37:12 word 2

לִרְע֛וֹתlir.'otto pasture

Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7462B

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

Meaning: to pasture

Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 13:7, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 26:20, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 29:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7462B; TAHOT Genesis 37:12 word 3

אֶׄתׄ\־'et-<obj.>

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 37:12 word 4

צֹ֥אןtzon[the] flock of

Lemma: צֹאן (tson) · Strong's: H6629G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: flock

Used 271 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 20:14, Genesis 21:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6629G; TAHOT Genesis 37:12 word 5

אֲבִיהֶ֖ם'a.vi.Hemfather their

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Genesis 37:12 word 6

בִּשְׁכֶֽם\׃bish.Khemat Shechem

Lemma: שְׁכֶם (she.khem) · Strong's: H7927G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Shechem

Used 51 times. Also: Genesis 12:6, Genesis 33:18, Genesis 35:4, Genesis 37:13, Genesis 37:14, Joshua 17:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7927G; TAHOT Genesis 37:12 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Some time later, [Joseph’s] brothers	→	אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling
had gone	→	הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went
to pasture	→	רָעָה H7462B to pasture
their father’s	→	אָב H0001G father
flocks	→	צֹאן H6629G flock
near Shechem	→	שְׁכֶם H7927G Shechem

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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