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Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. (KJV)
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דָּ֖ןdanDan
Lemma: דָּן (dan) · Strong's: H1835H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Dan
Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 30:6, Genesis 35:25, Genesis 46:23, Genesis 49:17, 1 Chronicles 2:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1835H; TAHOT Genesis 49:16 word 1
יָדִ֣יןya.Dinhe will judge
Lemma: דִּין (din) · Strong's: H1777
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqi3ms)
Meaning: to judge
Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 6:3, Genesis 15:14, Genesis 30:6, Deuteronomy 32:36, 1 Samuel 2:10, 2 Samuel 19:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1777; TAHOT Genesis 49:16 word 2
עַמּ֑וֹa.Mopeople his
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Genesis 49:16 word 3
כְּאַחַ֖דke.'a.Chadlike one of
Lemma: אֶחָד (e.chad) · Strong's: H0259
Parsing: Acfsc (Acfsc)
Meaning: one
Used 964 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0259; TAHOT Genesis 49:16 word 4
שִׁבְטֵ֥יshiv.Tei[the] tribes of
Lemma: שֵׁ֫בֶט (she.vet) · Strong's: H7626H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: tribe
Used 136 times. Also: Genesis 49:28, Exodus 24:4, Exodus 28:21, Exodus 39:14, Numbers 4:18, Numbers 18:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7626H; TAHOT Genesis 49:16 word 5
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Genesis 49:16 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Dan | → | דָּן H1835H Dan |
| shall provide justice | → | דִּין H1777 to judge |
| for his people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| as one | → | אֶחָד H0259 one |
| of the tribes | → | שֵׁ֫בֶט H7626H tribe |
| of Israel | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
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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