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The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper. (KJV)
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אֵ֣ין\׀'einnot
Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: nothing
Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Genesis 39:23 word 1
שַׂ֣רsar[the] commander of
Lemma: שַׂר (sar) · Strong's: H8269
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: ruler
Used 421 times. Also: Genesis 12:15, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 21:32, Genesis 26:26, Genesis 37:36, Genesis 39:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8269; TAHOT Genesis 39:23 word 2
בֵּית\־beit-[the] house of
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 39:23 word 3
הַסֹּ֗הַרha.So.harthe prison
Lemma: סֹ֫הַר (so.har) · Strong's: H5470
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: prison
Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 39:20, Genesis 39:21, Genesis 39:22, Genesis 40:3, Genesis 40:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5470; TAHOT Genesis 39:23 word 4
רֹאֶ֤הro.'Eh[was] seeing
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Genesis 39:23 word 5
אֶֽת\־'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 39:23 word 6
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Genesis 39:23 word 7
מְא֙וּמָה֙me.'U.mahanything
Lemma: מְא֫וּמָה (me.u.mah) · Strong's: H3972
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: anything
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 22:12, Genesis 30:31, Genesis 39:6, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 40:15, Numbers 22:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3972; TAHOT Genesis 39:23 word 8
בְּיָד֔וֹbe.ya.Doin hand his
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand: power
Used 578 times. Also: Genesis 14:20, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 32:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027H; TAHOT Genesis 39:23 word 9
בַּאֲשֶׁ֥רba.'a.Sherin that
Lemma: בַאֲשֶׁר (ba.a.sher) · Strong's: H0834B
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: in which
Used 19 times. Also: Genesis 21:17, Genesis 39:9, Judges 5:27, Judges 17:8, Judges 17:9, Ruth 1:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834B; TAHOT Genesis 39:23 word 10
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Genesis 39:23 word 11
אִתּ֑וֹ'i.To[was] with him
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0854
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: with
Used 928 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 5:22, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0854; TAHOT Genesis 39:23 word 12
וַֽאֲשֶׁר\־va.'a.Sher-and [that] which
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Genesis 39:23 word 13
ה֥וּאhu'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 39:23 word 14
עֹשֶׂ֖ה'o.Seh[was] doing
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to make: do
Used 1745 times. Also: Genesis 2:2, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 6:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213A; TAHOT Genesis 39:23 word 15
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Genesis 39:23 word 16
מַצְלִֽיחַ\׃\ \סmatz.Li.ach[was] making successful
Lemma: צָלֵחַ (tsa.lech) · Strong's: H6743B
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVhrmsa)
Meaning: to prosper
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 24:21, Genesis 24:40, Genesis 24:42, Genesis 24:56, Genesis 39:2, Genesis 39:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6743B; TAHOT Genesis 39:23 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The warden | → | שַׂר H8269 ruler |
| . . . | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| . . . | → | סֹ֫הַר H5470 prison |
| did not | → | אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing |
| concern himself | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| with anything | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| . . . | → | מְא֫וּמָה H3972 anything |
| under Joseph’s care | → | יָד H3027H hand: power |
| because | → | בַאֲשֶׁר H0834B in which |
| the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| was with [Joseph] | → | אֵת H0854 with |
| and gave him success | → | צָלֵחַ H6743B to prosper |
| in whatever | → | בַאֲשֶׁר H0834B in which |
| he | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| did | → | עָשָׂה H6213A to make: do |
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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