Genesis 43:28 Go deeper

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And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. (KJV)

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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 43:28 word 1

שָׁל֛וֹםsha.Lomhealth

Lemma: שָׁלוֹם (sha.lom) · Strong's: H7965I

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

Meaning: peace: well-being

Used 54 times. Also: Genesis 29:6, Genesis 37:14, Genesis 43:27, Exodus 18:7, Deuteronomy 29:19, Joshua 10:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7965I; TAHOT Genesis 43:28 word 2

לְעַבְדְּךָ֥le.'av.de.Kha[belongs] to servant your

Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

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 43:28 word 3

לְאָבִ֖ינוּle.'a.Vi.nuto father our

Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: father

Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Genesis 43:28 word 4

עוֹדֶ֣נּוּo.De.nustill he

Lemma: עוֹד (od) · Strong's: H5750

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HAcmsc)

Meaning: still

Used 489 times. Also: Genesis 4:25, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 8:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5750; TAHOT Genesis 43:28 word 5

חָ֑יChai[is] alive

Lemma: חַי (chay) · Strong's: H2416A

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)

Meaning: alive

Used 242 times. Also: Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2416A; TAHOT Genesis 43:28 word 6

וַֽיִּקְּד֖וּvai.yi.ke.Duand they bowed low

Lemma: קָדַד (qa.dad) · Strong's: H6915

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

Meaning: to bow

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 24:26, Genesis 24:48, Exodus 4:31, Exodus 12:27, Exodus 34:8, Numbers 22:31 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6915; TAHOT Genesis 43:28 word 7

How the BSB renders it

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

Your servant	→	עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave
our father	→	אָב H0001G father
is well	→	שָׁלוֹם H7965I peace: well-being
they answered	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
He is still	→	עוֹד H5750 still
alive	→	חַי H2416A alive
And they bowed down	→	קָדַד H6915 to bow
to honor him	→	שָׁחָה H7812 to bow

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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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