Genesis 42:3 Go deeper

And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. (KJV)

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וַיֵּרְד֥וּvai.ye.re.Duand they went down

Lemma: יָרַד (ya.rad) · Strong's: H3381

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to go down

Used 378 times. Also: Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 15:11, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3381; TAHOT Genesis 42:3 word 1

אֲחֵֽי\־'a.chei-[the] brothers of

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 42:3 word 2

יוֹסֵ֖ףyo.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 42:3 word 3

עֲשָׂרָ֑ה'a.sa.Rahten

Lemma: עֶשֶׂר (e.ser) · Strong's: H6235

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: ten

Used 175 times. Also: Genesis 5:14, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 24:10, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 31:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6235; TAHOT Genesis 42:3 word 4

לִשְׁבֹּ֥רlish.Borto buy grain

Lemma: שָׁבַר (sha.var) · Strong's: H7666

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to buy grain

Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 41:56, Genesis 41:57, Genesis 42:2, Genesis 42:5, Genesis 42:6, Genesis 42:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7666; TAHOT Genesis 42:3 word 5

בָּ֖רbargrain

Lemma: בַּר (bar) · Strong's: H1250A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: grain

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 41:35, Genesis 41:49, Genesis 42:25, Genesis 45:23, Psalms 65:13, Psalms 72:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1250A; TAHOT Genesis 42:3 word 6

מִמִּצְרָֽיִם\׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom Egypt

Lemma: מִצְרַ֫יִם (mits.ra.yim) · Strong's: H4714G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: Egypt

Used 630 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 15:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4714G; TAHOT Genesis 42:3 word 7

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

So ten	→	עֶשֶׂר H6235 ten
of Joseph’s	→	יוֹסֵף H3130G Joseph
brothers	→	אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling
went down	→	יָרַד H3381 to go down
to buy	→	שָׁבַר H7666 to buy grain
grain	→	בַּר H1250A grain
from Egypt	→	מִצְרַ֫יִם H4714G Egypt

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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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