Genesis 39:16 Go deeper
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And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. (KJV)
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וַתַּנַּ֥חva.ta.Nachand she placed
Lemma: נוּחַ (nu.ach) · Strong's: H5117
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVhw3fs)
Meaning: to rest
Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 8:4, Genesis 19:16, Genesis 42:33, Exodus 10:14, Exodus 16:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5117; TAHOT Genesis 39:16 word 1
בִּגְד֖וֹbig.Doclothing his
Lemma: בֶּ֫גֶד (be.ged) · Strong's: H0899B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: garment
Used 214 times. Also: Genesis 24:53, Genesis 27:15, Genesis 27:27, Genesis 28:20, Genesis 37:29, Genesis 38:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0899B; TAHOT Genesis 39:16 word 2
אֶצְלָ֑הּ'etz.Lahbeside her
Lemma: אֵ֫צֶל (e.tsel) · Strong's: H0681
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: beside
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 39:10, Genesis 39:15, Genesis 39:18, Genesis 41:3, Leviticus 1:16, Leviticus 6:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0681; TAHOT Genesis 39:16 word 3
עַד\־'ad-until
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 39:16 word 4
בּ֥וֹאBo'came
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Genesis 39:16 word 5
אֲדֹנָ֖יו'a.do.Navmaster<s> his
Lemma: אָדוֹן (a.don) · Strong's: H0113
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: lord
Used 332 times. Also: Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:12, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 23:6, Genesis 23:11, Genesis 23:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0113; TAHOT Genesis 39:16 word 6
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Genesis 39:16 word 7
בֵּיתֽוֹ\׃bei.Tohouse his
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: home
Used 896 times. Also: Genesis 19:2, Genesis 19:3, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 19:10, Genesis 19:11, Genesis 20:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004B; TAHOT Genesis 39:16 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So [Potiphar’s wife] kept | → | נוּחַ H5117 to rest |
| Joseph’s cloak | → | בֶּ֫גֶד H0899B garment |
| beside her | → | אֵ֫צֶל H0681 beside |
| until | → | עַד H5704 till |
| his master | → | אָדוֹן H0113 lord |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| came | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| home | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
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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