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And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he has 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 Hosea 12:8 word 1
אֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraim
Lemma: אֶפְרַ֫יִם (eph.ra.yim) · Strong's: H0669G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Ephraim
Used 173 times. Also: Genesis 41:52, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 48:1, Genesis 48:5, Genesis 48:13, Genesis 48:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0669G; TAHOT Hosea 12:8 word 2
אַ֣ךְ'akhsurely
Lemma: אַךְ (akh) · Strong's: H0389
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: surely
Used 161 times. Also: Genesis 7:23, Genesis 9:4, Genesis 9:5, Genesis 18:32, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 23:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0389; TAHOT Hosea 12:8 word 3
עָשַׁ֔רְתִּי'a.Shar.tiI have become rich
Lemma: עָשַׁר (a.shar) · Strong's: H6238
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to enrich
Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 14:23, 1 Samuel 2:7, 1 Samuel 17:25, Job 15:29, Psalms 49:16, Psalms 65:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6238; TAHOT Hosea 12:8 word 4
מָצָ֥אתִיma.Tza.tiI have found
Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to find
Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Hosea 12:8 word 5
א֖וֹן'onwealth
Lemma: אוֹן (on) · Strong's: H0202
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: strength
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 49:3, Deuteronomy 21:17, Job 18:7, Job 18:12, Job 20:10, Job 40:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0202; TAHOT Hosea 12:8 word 6
כָּל\־kol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Hosea 12:8 word 7
יְגִיעַ֕יye.gi.'Aitoil<s> my
Lemma: יְגִיעַ (ye.gi.a) · Strong's: H3018
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: toil
Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 31:42, Deuteronomy 28:33, Nehemiah 5:13, Job 10:3, Job 39:11, Job 39:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3018; TAHOT Hosea 12:8 word 8
לֹ֥אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Hosea 12:8 word 9
יִמְצְאוּ\־yim.tze.'u-people will find
Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to find
Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Hosea 12:8 word 10
עָוֹ֥ן'a.Voniniquity
Lemma: עָוֺן (a.van) · Strong's: H5771G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: iniquity: crime
Used 180 times. Also: Genesis 15:16, Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:7, Exodus 34:9, Leviticus 5:1, Leviticus 5:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5771G; TAHOT Hosea 12:8 word 11
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-which
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Hosea 12:8 word 12
חֵֽטְא\׃Chet'[is] sin
Lemma: חֵטְא (chet) · Strong's: H2399
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: sin
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 41:9, Leviticus 19:17, Leviticus 20:20, Leviticus 22:9, Leviticus 24:15, Numbers 9:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2399; TAHOT Hosea 12:8 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And Ephraim | → | אֶפְרַ֫יִם H0669G Ephraim |
| boasts | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| . . . | → | אַךְ H0389 surely |
| How rich I have become | → | עָשַׁר H6238 to enrich |
| I have found | → | מָצָא H4672 to find |
| wealth | → | אוֹן H0202 strength |
| for myself | → | |
| In all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| my labors | → | יְגִיעַ H3018 toil |
| they can find | → | מָצָא H4672 to find |
| in me | → | |
| no | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| iniquity | → | עָוֺן H5771G iniquity: crime |
| that [is] | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| sinful | → | חֵטְא H2399 sin |
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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