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And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. (KJV)
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וַתָּבֹ֣אנָהva.ta.Vo.nahand they went
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Plural (HVqw3fp)
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 41:21 word 1
אֶל\־'el-into
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 41:21 word 2
קִרְבֶּ֗נָהkir.Be.nahinward part[s] their
Lemma: קֶ֫רֶב (qe.rev) · Strong's: H7130G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: entrails: among
Used 199 times. Also: Genesis 18:12, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 25:22, Genesis 45:6, Genesis 48:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7130G; TAHOT Genesis 41:21 word 3
וְלֹ֤אve.Lo'and not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Genesis 41:21 word 4
נוֹדַע֙no.Da'it was known
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNp3ms)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Genesis 41:21 word 5
כִּי\־ki-that
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 41:21 word 6
בָ֣אוּVa.'uthey had gone
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
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 41:21 word 7
אֶל\־'el-into
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 41:21 word 8
קִרְבֶּ֔נָהkir.Be.nahinward part[s] their
Lemma: קֶ֫רֶב (qe.rev) · Strong's: H7130G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: entrails: among
Used 199 times. Also: Genesis 18:12, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 25:22, Genesis 45:6, Genesis 48:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7130G; TAHOT Genesis 41:21 word 9
וּמַרְאֵיהֶ֣ןu.mar.'ei.Henand appearance their
Lemma: מַרְאֶה (mar.eh) · Strong's: H4758
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: appearance
Used 103 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 24:16, Genesis 26:7, Genesis 29:17, Genesis 39:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4758; TAHOT Genesis 41:21 word 10
רַ֔עRa'[was] displeasing
Lemma: רַע (ra) · Strong's: H7451H
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: bad: evil
Used 178 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 28:8, Genesis 38:7, Genesis 41:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451H; TAHOT Genesis 41:21 word 11
כַּאֲשֶׁ֖רka.'a.Sherjust as
Lemma: כַּאֲשֶׁר (ka.a.sher) · Strong's: H0834D
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: as which
Used 511 times. Also: Genesis 7:9, Genesis 7:16, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834D; TAHOT Genesis 41:21 word 12
בַּתְּחִלָּ֑הba.te.chi.Lahat the beginning
Lemma: תְּחִלָּה (te.chil.lah) · Strong's: H8462
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: beginning
Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 13:3, Genesis 43:18, Genesis 43:20, Judges 1:1, Judges 20:18, Ruth 1:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8462; TAHOT Genesis 41:21 word 13
וָאִיקָֽץ\׃va.'i.Katzand I awoke
Lemma: יָקַץ (ya.qats) · Strong's: H3364
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)
Meaning: to awake
Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 9:24, Genesis 28:16, Genesis 41:4, Genesis 41:7, Judges 16:14, Judges 16:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3364; TAHOT Genesis 41:21 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When they had devoured | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| them, however | → | קֶ֫רֶב H7130G entrails: among |
| no one could | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| tell | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| that | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| they had [done so] | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| . . . | → | קֶ֫רֶב H7130G entrails: among |
| their appearance | → | מַרְאֶה H4758 appearance |
| was as ugly | → | רַע H7451H bad: evil |
| as | → | כַּאֲשֶׁר H0834D as which |
| it had been before | → | תְּחִלָּה H8462 beginning |
| Then I awoke | → | יָקַץ H3364 to awake |
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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