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Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. (KJV)
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וַֽיִּקְרְע֖וּvai.yik.re.'Uand they tore
Lemma: קָרַע (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7167
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to tear
Used 63 times. Also: Genesis 37:29, Genesis 37:34, Exodus 28:32, Exodus 39:23, Leviticus 13:56, Numbers 14:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7167; TAHOT Genesis 44:13 word 1
שִׂמְלֹתָ֑םsim.lo.Tamclothes their
Lemma: שִׂמְלָה (sim.lah) · Strong's: H8071
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)
Meaning: mantle
Used 27 times. Also: Genesis 9:23, Genesis 35:2, Genesis 37:34, Genesis 41:14, Genesis 45:22, Exodus 3:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8071; TAHOT Genesis 44:13 word 2
וַֽיַּעֲמֹס֙vai.ya.'a.Mosand he loaded
Lemma: עָמַס (a.mas) · Strong's: H6006
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to lift
Used 9 times. Also: 1 Kings 12:11, 2 Chronicles 10:11, Nehemiah 4:17, Nehemiah 13:15, Psalms 68:19, Isaiah 46:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6006; TAHOT Genesis 44:13 word 3
אִ֣ישׁ'isheach man
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 44:13 word 4
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 44:13 word 5
חֲמֹר֔וֹcha.mo.Rodonkey his
Lemma: חֲמוֹר (cha.mor) · Strong's: H2543
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
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 44:13 word 6
וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּvai.ya.Shu.vuand they went back
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
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 44:13 word 7
הָעִֽירָה\׃ha.'I.rahthe city towards
Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: city
Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Genesis 44:13 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then they all tore | → | קָרַע H7167 to tear |
| their clothes | → | שִׂמְלָה H8071 mantle |
| loaded | → | עָמַס H6006 to lift |
| their donkeys | → | חֲמוֹר H2543 donkey |
| and returned | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| to the city | → | עִיר H5892B city |
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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