Genesis 37:5 Go deeper
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And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. (KJV)
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וַיַּחֲלֹ֤םvai.ya.cha.Lomand he dreamed
Lemma: חָלַם (cha.lam) · Strong's: H2492B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to dream
Used 27 times. Also: Genesis 28:12, Genesis 37:6, Genesis 37:9, Genesis 37:10, Genesis 40:5, Genesis 40:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2492B; TAHOT Genesis 37:5 word 1
יוֹסֵף֙yo.SefJoseph
Lemma: יוֹסֵף (yo.seph) · Strong's: H3130G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Joseph
Used 208 times. Also: Genesis 30:24, Genesis 30:25, Genesis 33:2, Genesis 33:7, Genesis 35:24, Genesis 37:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3130G; TAHOT Genesis 37:5 word 2
חֲל֔וֹםcha.Loma dream
Lemma: חֲלוֹם (cha.lom) · Strong's: H2472
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: dream
Used 65 times. Also: Genesis 20:3, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 31:10, Genesis 31:11, Genesis 31:24, Genesis 37:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2472; TAHOT Genesis 37:5 word 3
וַיַּגֵּ֖דvai.ya.Gedand he told [it]
Lemma: נָגַד (na.gad) · Strong's: H5046
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to tell
Used 369 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 22:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5046; TAHOT Genesis 37:5 word 4
לְאֶחָ֑יוle.'e.Chavto brothers 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 37:5 word 5
וַיּוֹסִ֥פוּvai.yo.Si.fuand they increased
Lemma: יָסַף (ya.saph) · Strong's: H3254H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhw3mp)
Meaning: to add
Used 91 times. Also: Genesis 25:1, Genesis 30:24, Genesis 37:8, Exodus 1:10, Leviticus 5:16, Leviticus 6:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3254H; TAHOT Genesis 37:5 word 6
ע֖וֹדodagain
Lemma: עוֹד (od) · Strong's: H5750
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)
Meaning: still
Used 489 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 8:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5750; TAHOT Genesis 37:5 word 7
שְׂנֹ֥אse.No'to hate
Lemma: שָׂנֵא (sa.ne) · Strong's: H8130
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to hate
Used 144 times. Also: Genesis 24:60, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:31, Genesis 29:33, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 37:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8130; TAHOT Genesis 37:5 word 8
אֹתֽוֹ\׃'o.To<obj.> him
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 37:5 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then Joseph | → | יוֹסֵף H3130G Joseph |
| had a dream | → | חָלַם H2492B to dream |
| . . . | → | חֲלוֹם H2472 dream |
| and when he told | → | נָגַד H5046 to tell |
| it to his brothers | → | אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling |
| they hated | → | שָׂנֵא H8130 to hate |
| him | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| even more | → | יָסַף H3254H to add |
| . . . | → | עוֹד H5750 still |
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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