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But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD . (KJV)
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וְנֹ֕חַve.No.achand Noah
Lemma: נֹחַ (no.ach) · Strong's: H5146
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Noah
Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 5:29, Genesis 5:30, Genesis 5:32, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 6:10, Genesis 6:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5146; TAHOT Genesis 6:8 word 1
מָ֥צָאMa.tza'he found
Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to find
Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 16:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Genesis 6:8 word 2
חֵ֖ןchenfavor
Lemma: חֵן (chen) · Strong's: H2580
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: favor
Used 69 times. Also: Genesis 18:3, Genesis 19:19, Genesis 30:27, Genesis 32:5, Genesis 33:8, Genesis 33:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2580; TAHOT Genesis 6:8 word 3
בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes of
Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: eye
Used 461 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 18:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5869A; TAHOT Genesis 6:8 word 4
יְהוָֽה\׃\ \פYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Genesis 6:8 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Noah, however, | → | נֹחַ H5146 Noah |
| found | → | מָצָא H4672 to find |
| favor | → | חֵן H2580 favor |
| in the eyes | → | עַ֫יִן H5869A eye |
| of the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
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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