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Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. (KJV)

Hebrew words tap a word

לְכ֞וּle.Khucome

Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980K

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)

Meaning: to go: come!

Used 52 times. Also: Genesis 19:32, Genesis 31:44, Genesis 37:13, Genesis 37:20, Exodus 3:10, Numbers 22:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1980K; TAHOT Genesis 37:27 word 1

וְנִמְכְּרֶ֣נּוּve.nim.ke.Re.nuand let us sell him

Lemma: מָכַר (ma.khar) · Strong's: H4376

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Conjunction+Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqu1cp)

Meaning: to sell

Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 25:31, Genesis 25:33, Genesis 31:15, Genesis 37:28, Genesis 37:36, Genesis 45:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4376; TAHOT Genesis 37:27 word 2

לַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִ֗יםlai.yish.me.'e.Limto the Ishmaelites

Lemma: יִשְׁמְעֵאלִי (yish.ma.e.li) · Strong's: H3459

Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)

Meaning: Ishmaelite

Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 37:25, Genesis 37:28, Genesis 39:1, Judges 8:24, 1 Chronicles 2:17, 1 Chronicles 27:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3459; TAHOT Genesis 37:27 word 3

וְיָדֵ֙נוּ֙ve.ya.De.nuand hand our

Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G

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

Meaning: hand

Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Genesis 37:27 word 4

אַל\־'al-may not

Lemma: אַל (al) · Strong's: H0408

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 723 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:30, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 19:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0408; TAHOT Genesis 37:27 word 5

תְּהִי\־te.hi-it be

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqj3fs)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Genesis 37:27 word 6

כִּֽי\־ki-for

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Genesis 37:27 word 7

אָחִ֥ינוּ'a.Chi.nu[is] brother our

Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G

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

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 37:27 word 8

בְשָׂרֵ֖נוּve.sa.Re.nuflesh our

Lemma: בָּשָׂר (ba.sar) · Strong's: H1320

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

Meaning: flesh

Used 270 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 6:3, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1320; TAHOT Genesis 37:27 word 9

ה֑וּאHu'he

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 37:27 word 10

וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּvai.yish.me.'Uand they listened

Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G

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

Meaning: to hear: hear

Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT Genesis 37:27 word 11

אֶחָֽיו\׃'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 37:27 word 12

How the BSB renders it

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

Come	→	הָלַךְ H1980K to go: come!
let us sell him	→	מָכַר H4376 to sell
to the Ishmaelites	→	יִשְׁמְעֵאלִי H3459 Ishmaelite
and not	→	אַל H0408 not
lay	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
a hand	→	יָד H3027G hand
on him	→
for	→	כִּי H3588A for
he	→	הוּא H1931 he/she/it
is our brother	→	אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling
our own flesh	→	בָּשָׂר H1320 flesh
And they	→	אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling
agreed	→	שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear

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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