Genesis 43:33 Go deeper
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And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. (KJV)
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וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּvai.ye.she.Vuand they sat down
Lemma: יָשַׁב (ya.shav) · Strong's: H3427
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to dwell
Used 1068 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 13:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3427; TAHOT Genesis 43:33 word 1
לְפָנָ֔יוle.fa.Nav<to> before him
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: before
Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Genesis 43:33 word 2
הַבְּכֹר֙ha.be.Khorthe firstborn
Lemma: בְּכוֹר (be.khor) · Strong's: H1060
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: firstborn
Used 122 times. Also: Genesis 4:4, Genesis 10:15, Genesis 22:21, Genesis 25:13, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1060; TAHOT Genesis 43:33 word 3
כִּבְכֹ֣רָת֔וֹkiv.Kho.ra.Toaccording to birthright his
Lemma: בְּכֹרָה (be.kho.rah) · Strong's: H1062
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: birthright
Used 10 times. Also: Genesis 25:31, Genesis 25:32, Genesis 25:33, Genesis 25:34, Genesis 27:36, Deuteronomy 21:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1062; TAHOT Genesis 43:33 word 4
וְהַצָּעִ֖ירve.ha.tza.'Irand the young [brother]
Lemma: צָעִיר (tsa.ir) · Strong's: H6810
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: little
Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 19:31, Genesis 19:34, Genesis 19:35, Genesis 19:38, Genesis 25:23, Genesis 29:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6810; TAHOT Genesis 43:33 word 5
כִּצְעִרָת֑וֹkitz.'i.ra.Toaccording to youth his
Lemma: צְעִירָה (tse.i.rah) · Strong's: H6812
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: youth
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6812; TAHOT Genesis 43:33 word 6
וַיִּתְמְה֥וּvai.yit.me.Huand they looked in astonishment
Lemma: תָּמַהּ (ta.mah) · Strong's: H8539
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to astounded
Used 9 times. Also: Job 26:11, Psalms 48:5, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 29:9, Jeremiah 4:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8539; TAHOT Genesis 43:33 word 7
הָאֲנָשִׁ֖יםha.'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 43:33 word 8
אִ֥ישׁ'isheach
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man: anyone
Used 546 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 13:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376I; TAHOT Genesis 43:33 word 9
אֶל\־'el-to
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 43:33 word 10
רֵעֵֽהוּ\׃re.'E.huneighbor his
Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: neighbor
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 31:49, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7453; TAHOT Genesis 43:33 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| They were seated | → | יָשַׁב H3427 to dwell |
| before [Joseph] | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| in order by age | → | בְּכֹרָה H1062 birthright |
| . . . | → | צְעִירָה H6812 youth |
| from the firstborn | → | בְּכוֹר H1060 firstborn |
| to the youngest | → | צָעִיר H6810 little |
| and the men | → | אֱנוֹשׁ H0582 human |
| looked at | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| one | → | אִישׁ H0376I man: anyone |
| another | → | רֵעַ H7453 neighbor |
| in astonishment | → | תָּמַהּ H8539 to astounded |
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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