Genesis 9:26 Go deeper

And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.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 9:26 word 1

בָּר֥וּךְba.Rukh[be] blessed

Lemma: בָּרַךְ (ba.rakh) · Strong's: H1288

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqsmsa)

Meaning: to bless

Used 330 times. Also: Genesis 1:22, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 2:3, Genesis 5:2, Genesis 9:1, Genesis 12:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1288; TAHOT Genesis 9:26 word 2

יְהֹוָ֖הYah.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 9:26 word 3

אֱלֹ֣הֵי'e.Lo.hei[the] God of

Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G

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

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 9:26 word 4

שֵׁ֑םShemShem

Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8035

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Shem

Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 5:32, Genesis 6:10, Genesis 7:13, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:23, Genesis 9:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8035; TAHOT Genesis 9:26 word 5

וִיהִ֥יvi.Hiand let him be

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqj3ms)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Genesis 9:26 word 6

כְנַ֖עַןkhe.Na.'anCanaan

Lemma: כְּנַ֫עַן (ke.na.an) · Strong's: H3667G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Canaan

Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 10:6, Genesis 10:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3667G; TAHOT Genesis 9:26 word 7

עֶ֥בֶד'E.veda slave

Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: servant/slave

Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT Genesis 9:26 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

He also declared	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
Blessed	→	בָּרַךְ H1288 to bless
[be] the LORD	→	יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD
the God	→	אֱלֹהִים H0430G God
of Shem	→	שֵׁם H8035 Shem
May Canaan	→	כְּנַ֫עַן H3667G Canaan
be	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
the servant	→	עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave
of [Shem]	→

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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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