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And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it ? (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 38:17 word 1
אָנֹכִ֛י'a.no.KhiI
Lemma: אָֽנֹכִ֫י (a.no.khi) · Strong's: H0595
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0595; TAHOT Genesis 38:17 word 2
אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח'a.sha.LachI will send
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpi1cs)
Meaning: to send: depart
Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Genesis 38:17 word 3
גְּדִֽי\־ge.di-a kid of
Lemma: גְּדִי (ge.di) · Strong's: H1423
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: kid
Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:16, Genesis 38:20, Genesis 38:23, Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1423; TAHOT Genesis 38:17 word 4
עִזִּ֖ים'i.Zimgoats
Lemma: עֵז (ez) · Strong's: H5795
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: goat
Used 74 times. Also: Genesis 15:9, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:16, Genesis 30:32, Genesis 30:33, Genesis 30:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5795; TAHOT Genesis 38:17 word 5
מִן\־min-from
Lemma: מִן־ (min) · Strong's: H4480A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: from
Used 1184 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4480A; TAHOT Genesis 38:17 word 6
הַצֹּ֑אןha.Tzonthe flock
Lemma: צֹאן (tson) · Strong's: H6629G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
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 38:17 word 7
וַתֹּ֕אמֶרva.To.merand she said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 38:17 word 8
אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Genesis 38:17 word 9
תִּתֵּ֥ןti.Tenyou will give
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Genesis 38:17 word 10
עֵרָב֖וֹןe.ra.Vona pledge
Lemma: עֵרָבוֹן (a.ra.von) · Strong's: H6162
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: pledge
Used 3 times. Also: Genesis 38:18, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6162; TAHOT Genesis 38:17 word 11
עַ֥ד'aduntil
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Genesis 38:17 word 12
שָׁלְחֶֽךָ\׃shal.Che.khasending [it] you
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to send: depart
Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Genesis 38:17 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I | → | אָֽנֹכִ֫י H0595 I |
| will send you | → | שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart |
| a young goat | → | גְּדִי H1423 kid |
| . . . | → | עֵז H5795 goat |
| from | → | מִן־ H4480A from |
| my flock | → | צֹאן H6629G flock |
| [Judah] answered | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| But she replied | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Only if | → | אִם H0518A if |
| you leave me | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| something as a pledge | → | עֵרָבוֹן H6162 pledge |
| until | → | עַד H5704 till |
| you send it | → | שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart |
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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