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And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
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 44:25 word 1
אָבִ֑ינוּ'a.Vi.nufather 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 44:25 word 2
שֻׁ֖בוּShu.vugo back
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725J
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to return: again
Used 75 times. Also: Genesis 8:3, Genesis 22:5, Genesis 26:18, Genesis 30:31, Genesis 43:2, Genesis 43:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725J; TAHOT Genesis 44:25 word 3
שִׁבְרוּ\־shiv.ru-buy
Lemma: שָׁבַר (sha.var) · Strong's: H7666
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqv2mp)
Meaning: to buy grain
Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 41:56, Genesis 41:57, Genesis 42:2, Genesis 42:3, Genesis 42:5, Genesis 42:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7666; TAHOT Genesis 44:25 word 4
מְעַט\־me.'at-a little of
Lemma: מְעַט (me.at) · Strong's: H4592
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: little
Used 101 times. Also: Genesis 18:4, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 26:10, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4592; TAHOT Genesis 44:25 word 5
אֹֽכֶל\׃'O.khelfood
Lemma: אֹ֫כֶל (o.khel) · Strong's: H0400
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: food
Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 14:11, Genesis 41:35, Genesis 41:36, Genesis 41:48, Genesis 42:7, Genesis 42:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0400; TAHOT Genesis 44:25 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then our father | → | אָב H0001G father |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| Go back | → | שׁוּב H7725J to return: again |
| and buy | → | שָׁבַר H7666 to buy grain |
| us | → | |
| some | → | מְעַט H4592 little |
| food | → | אֹ֫כֶל H0400 food |
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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