Genesis 49:23 Go deeper

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him , and hated him: (KJV)

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וַֽיְמָרֲרֻ֖הוּvay.ma.ra.Ru.huand they showed bitterness to him

Lemma: מָרַר (ma.rar) · Strong's: H4843

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVpw3mp)

Meaning: to provoke

Used 16 times. Also: Exodus 1:14, Exodus 23:21, Ruth 1:13, Ruth 1:20, 2 Kings 4:27, Job 27:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4843; TAHOT Genesis 49:23 word 1

וָרֹ֑בּוּva.Ro.buand they shot

Lemma: רָבַב (ra.vav) · Strong's: H7232

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)

Meaning: to multiply ten thousand

Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 18:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7232; TAHOT Genesis 49:23 word 2

וַֽיִּשְׂטְמֻ֖הוּvai.yis.te.Mu.huand they bear a grudge him

Lemma: שָׂטַם (sa.tam) · Strong's: H7852

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to hate

Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 27:41, Genesis 50:15, Job 16:9, Job 30:21, Psalms 55:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7852; TAHOT Genesis 49:23 word 3

בַּעֲלֵ֥יba.'a.Leimasters of

Lemma: בַּעַל (ba.al) · Strong's: H1167K

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)

Meaning: master: [master of]

Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 37:19, Numbers 21:28, Deuteronomy 15:2, 2 Samuel 1:6, Proverbs 1:17, Proverbs 18:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1167K; TAHOT Genesis 49:23 word 4

חִצִּֽים\׃chi.Tzimarrows

Lemma: חֵץ (chets) · Strong's: H2671

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)

Meaning: arrow

Used 51 times. Also: Numbers 24:8, Deuteronomy 32:23, Deuteronomy 32:42, 1 Samuel 20:20, 1 Samuel 20:21, 1 Samuel 20:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2671; TAHOT Genesis 49:23 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

The archers	→	בַּעַל H1167K master: [master of]
. . .	→	חֵץ H2671 arrow
attacked him with bitterness	→	מָרַר H4843 to provoke
they aimed at him	→	רָבַב H7232 to multiply ten thousand
in hostility	→	שָׂטַם H7852 to hate

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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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