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And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. (KJV)
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וַיִּשְׁלָחֵ֤נִיvai.yish.la.Che.niand he sent me
Lemma: שָׁלַח (sha.lach) · Strong's: H7971G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to send: depart
Used 669 times. Also: Genesis 3:23, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:8, Genesis 8:10, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 12:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7971G; TAHOT Genesis 45:7 word 1
אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimGod
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Genesis 45:7 word 2
לִפְנֵיכֶ֔םlif.nei.Khem<to> before you
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 45:7 word 3
לָשׂ֥וּםla.Sumto make
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to set: put
Used 236 times. Also: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 22:6, Genesis 22:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7760H; TAHOT Genesis 45:7 word 4
שְׁאֵרִ֖יתshe.'e.Rita remnant
Lemma: שְׁאֵרִית (she.e.rit) · Strong's: H7611
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: remnant
Used 66 times. Also: 2 Samuel 14:7, 2 Kings 19:4, 2 Kings 19:31, 2 Kings 21:14, 1 Chronicles 4:43, 1 Chronicles 12:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7611; TAHOT Genesis 45:7 word 5
בָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzon the earth
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Genesis 45:7 word 6
וּלְהַחֲי֣וֹתu.le.ha.cha.Yotand to preserve alive
Lemma: חָיָה (cha.yah) · Strong's: H2421
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVhcc)
Meaning: to live
Used 279 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2421; TAHOT Genesis 45:7 word 7
לִפְלֵיטָ֖הlif.lei.Tah<to> a deliverance
Lemma: פְּלֵיטָה (pe.le.tah) · Strong's: H6413
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: survivor
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 32:8, Exodus 10:5, Judges 21:17, 2 Samuel 15:14, 2 Kings 19:30, 2 Kings 19:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6413; TAHOT Genesis 45:7 word 8
גְּדֹלָֽה\׃ge.do.Lahgreat
Lemma: גָּדוֹל (ga.dol) · Strong's: H1419A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: great: large
Used 495 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 4:13, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1419A; TAHOT Genesis 45:7 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| sent me | → | שָׁלַח H7971G to send: depart |
| before you | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| to preserve | → | שׂוּם H7760H to set: put |
| you | → | |
| as a remnant | → | שְׁאֵרִית H7611 remnant |
| on the earth | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| and to save your lives | → | חָיָה H2421 to live |
| . . . | → | |
| by a great | → | גָּדוֹל H1419A great: large |
| deliverance | → | פְּלֵיטָה H6413 survivor |
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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