Genesis 42:31 Go deeper

And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: (KJV)

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וַנֹּ֥אמֶרva.No.merand we said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqw1cp)

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 42:31 word 1

אֵלָ֖יו'e.Lavto him

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)

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 42:31 word 2

כֵּנִ֣יםke.Nim[are] honest

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)

Meaning: right

Used 22 times. Also: Genesis 42:11, Genesis 42:19, Genesis 42:33, Genesis 42:34, Exodus 10:29, Numbers 27:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651A; TAHOT Genesis 42:31 word 3

אֲנָ֑חְנוּ'a.Na.che.nuwe

Lemma: אֲנַ֫חְנוּ (a.nach.nu) · Strong's: H0587

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Plural (HPp1bp)

Meaning: we

Used 118 times. Also: Genesis 13:8, Genesis 19:13, Genesis 29:4, Genesis 37:7, Genesis 42:11, Genesis 42:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0587; TAHOT Genesis 42:31 word 4

לֹ֥אlo'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 42:31 word 5

הָיִ֖ינוּha.Yi.nuwe are

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqp1cp)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Genesis 42:31 word 6

מְרַגְּלִֽים\׃me.ra.ge.Limspies

Lemma: רָגַל (ra.gal) · Strong's: H7270

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVprmpa)

Meaning: to spy

Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:11, Genesis 42:14, Genesis 42:16, Genesis 42:30, Genesis 42:34 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7270; TAHOT Genesis 42:31 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

But we told	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
him	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
We	→	אֲנַ֫חְנוּ H0587 we
are	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
honest men	→	כֵּן H3651A right
not	→	לֹא H3808 not
spies	→	רָגַל H7270 to spy

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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