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And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. (KJV)
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וַיִּֽירְא֣וּvai.yi.re.'Uand they were afraid
Lemma: יָרֵא (ya.re) · Strong's: H3372G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to fear
Used 205 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 18:15, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 20:8, Genesis 21:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3372G; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 1
הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֗יםha.'a.na.Shimthe men
Lemma: אֱנוֹשׁ (e.nosh) · Strong's: H0582
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: human
Used 564 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 12:20, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0582; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 2
כִּ֣יkithat
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 43:18 word 3
הֽוּבְאוּ֮hu.ve.'Uthey were brought
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935P
Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVHp3cp)
Meaning: to come (in): bring
Used 547 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:3, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935P; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 4
בֵּ֣יתbeit[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 43:18 word 5
יוֹסֵף֒yo.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 43:18 word 6
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
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 43:18 word 7
עַל\־'al-on
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 8
דְּבַ֤רde.Var[the] matter of
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: word: because
Used 33 times. Also: Genesis 12:17, Genesis 20:11, Genesis 20:18, Exodus 8:12, Exodus 18:11, Deuteronomy 4:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697M; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 9
הַכֶּ֙סֶף֙ha.Ke.sefthe silver
Lemma: כֶּ֫סֶף (ke.seph) · Strong's: H3701G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: silver: money
Used 391 times. Also: Genesis 13:2, Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:27, Genesis 20:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3701G; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 10
הַשָּׁ֤בha.Shavwhich returned
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 11
בְּאַמְתְּחֹתֵ֙ינוּ֙be.'am.te.cho.Tei.nuin sacks our
Lemma: אַמְתַּ֫חַת (am.ta.chat) · Strong's: H0572
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: sack
Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 42:27, Genesis 42:28, Genesis 43:12, Genesis 43:21, Genesis 43:22, Genesis 43:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0572; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 12
בַּתְּחִלָּ֔הba.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 41:21, Genesis 43:20, Judges 1:1, Judges 20:18, Ruth 1:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8462; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 13
אֲנַ֖חְנוּ'a.Nach.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 43:18 word 14
מֽוּבָאִ֑יםmu.va.'Im[are] being brought
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935P
Parsing: Verb · Hophal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVHsmpa)
Meaning: to come (in): bring
Used 547 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 4:3, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935P; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 15
לְהִתְגֹּלֵ֤לle.hit.go.Lelto roll himself
Lemma: גָּלַל (ga.lal) · Strong's: H1556
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Infinitive · Construct (HVtcc)
Meaning: to roll
Used 18 times. Also: Genesis 29:3, Genesis 29:8, Genesis 29:10, Joshua 5:9, Joshua 10:18, 1 Samuel 14:33 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1556; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 16
עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙'a.Lei.nuon us
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 17
וּלְהִתְנַפֵּ֣לu.le.hit.na.Peland to throw himself
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307G
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Infinitive · Construct (HVtcc)
Meaning: to fall: fall
Used 275 times. Also: Genesis 2:21, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 15:12, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307G; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 18
עָלֵ֔ינוּ'a.Lei.nuon us
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 19
וְלָקַ֧חַתve.la.Ka.chatand to take
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 20
אֹתָ֛נוּ'o.Ta.nu<obj.> us
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 43:18 word 21
לַעֲבָדִ֖יםla.'a.va.Dimto slaves
Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: servant/slave
Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 22
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <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 43:18 word 23
חֲמֹרֵֽינוּ\׃cha.mo.Rei.nudonkeys our
Lemma: חֲמוֹר (cha.mor) · Strong's: H2543
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Plural · Construct (HNcbpc)
Meaning: donkey
Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 12:16, Genesis 22:3, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 30:43, Genesis 32:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2543; TAHOT Genesis 43:18 word 24
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But the [brothers] | → | אֱנוֹשׁ H0582 human |
| were frightened | → | יָרֵא H3372G to fear |
| that | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| they had been taken | → | בּוֹא H0935P to come (in): bring |
| to Joseph’s | → | יוֹסֵף H3130G Joseph |
| house | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004B house: home |
| We | → | אֲנַ֫חְנוּ H0587 we |
| have been brought | → | בּוֹא H0935P to come (in): bring |
| here because of | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| . . . | → | דָּבָר H1697M word: because |
| the silver | → | כֶּ֫סֶף H3701G silver: money |
| that was returned | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| in our bags | → | אַמְתַּ֫חַת H0572 sack |
| the first time | → | תְּחִלָּה H8462 beginning |
| they said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| They intend | → | גָּלַל H1556 to roll |
| . . . | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| to overpower | → | נָפַל H5307G to fall: fall |
| us | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| and take | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| us | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| as slaves | → | עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave |
| along with | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
| our donkeys | → | חֲמוֹר H2543 donkey |
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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