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Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures , there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. (KJV)
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מִֽהְיוֹתָ֥םmih.yo.Tamfrom when were they
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
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 Haggai 2:16 word 1
בָּא֙ba'someone came
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Haggai 2:16 word 2
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Haggai 2:16 word 3
עֲרֵמַ֣ת'a.re.Mata heap of
Lemma: עֲרֵמָה (a.re.mah) · Strong's: H6194
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: heap
Used 11 times. Also: Ruth 3:7, 2 Chronicles 31:6, 2 Chronicles 31:7, 2 Chronicles 31:8, 2 Chronicles 31:9, Nehemiah 4:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6194; TAHOT Haggai 2:16 word 4
עֶשְׂרִ֔ים'es.Rimtwenty [measures]
Lemma: עֶשְׂרִים (es.rim) · Strong's: H6242
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAcmpa)
Meaning: twenty
Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 6:3, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 11:24, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 23:1, Genesis 31:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6242; TAHOT Haggai 2:16 word 5
וְהָיְתָ֖הve.ha.ye.Tahand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqq3fs)
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 Haggai 2:16 word 6
עֲשָׂרָ֑ה'a.sa.Rahten
Lemma: עֶשֶׂר (e.ser) · Strong's: H6235
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: ten
Used 175 times. Also: Genesis 5:14, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 24:10, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 31:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6235; TAHOT Haggai 2:16 word 7
בָּ֣אba'someone came
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Haggai 2:16 word 8
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Haggai 2:16 word 9
הַיֶּ֗קֶבhai.Ye.kevthe wine vat
Lemma: יֶ֫קֶב (ye.qev) · Strong's: H3342
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wine
Used 16 times. Also: Numbers 18:27, Numbers 18:30, Deuteronomy 15:14, Deuteronomy 16:13, Judges 7:25, 2 Kings 6:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3342; TAHOT Haggai 2:16 word 10
לַחְשֹׂף֙lach.Softo draw
Lemma: חָשַׂף (cha.saph) · Strong's: H2834
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to strip
Used 11 times. Also: Psalms 29:9, Isaiah 20:4, Isaiah 30:14, Isaiah 47:2, Isaiah 52:10, Jeremiah 13:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2834; TAHOT Haggai 2:16 word 11
חֲמִשִּׁ֣יםcha.mi.Shimfifty [measures]
Lemma: חֲמִשִּׁים (cha.mish.shim) · Strong's: H2572
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAcmpa)
Meaning: fifty
Used 163 times. Also: Genesis 6:15, Genesis 7:24, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 9:28, Genesis 9:29, Genesis 18:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2572; TAHOT Haggai 2:16 word 12
פּוּרָ֔הpu.Raha winepress
Lemma: פּוּרָה (pu.rah) · Strong's: H6333
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: winepress
Used 2 times. Also: Isaiah 63:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6333; TAHOT Haggai 2:16 word 13
וְהָיְתָ֖הve.ha.ye.Tahand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqq3fs)
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 Haggai 2:16 word 14
עֶשְׂרִֽים\׃'es.Rimtwenty
Lemma: עֶשְׂרִים (es.rim) · Strong's: H6242
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAcmpa)
Meaning: twenty
Used 315 times. Also: Genesis 6:3, Genesis 8:14, Genesis 11:24, Genesis 18:31, Genesis 23:1, Genesis 31:38 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6242; TAHOT Haggai 2:16 word 15
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| from that time | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| [when] one came | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| expecting | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| a heap | → | עֲרֵמָה H6194 heap |
| of twenty [ephahs of grain] | → | עֶשְׂרִים H6242 twenty |
| there were | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| [but] ten | → | עֶשֶׂר H6235 ten |
| When one came | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the winepress | → | יֶ֫קֶב H3342 wine |
| to draw out | → | חָשַׂף H2834 to strip |
| fifty [baths] | → | חֲמִשִּׁים H2572 fifty |
| there were | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| [but] twenty | → | עֶשְׂרִים H6242 twenty |
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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