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I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. (KJV)
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אֲנִ֥י'a.NiI
Lemma: אֲנִי (a.ni) · Strong's: H0589
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)
Meaning: I
Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 6:17, Genesis 9:9, Genesis 9:12, Genesis 14:23, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0589; TAHOT Hosea 13:5 word 1
יְדַעְתִּ֖יךָye.da'.Ti.khaI knew you
Lemma: יָדַע (ya.da) · Strong's: H3045
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to know
Used 937 times. Also: Genesis 3:5, Genesis 3:7, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3045; TAHOT Hosea 13:5 word 2
בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.Barin the wilderness
Lemma: מִדְבָּר (mid.bar) · Strong's: H4057B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: wilderness
Used 269 times. Also: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 36:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4057B; TAHOT Hosea 13:5 word 3
בְּאֶ֖רֶץbe.'E.retzin a land of
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Hosea 13:5 word 4
תַּלְאֻבֽוֹת\׃tal.'u.Votdrought<s>
Lemma: תַּלְאֻבָה (tal.u.vah) · Strong's: H8514
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: drought
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8514; TAHOT Hosea 13:5 word 5
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| I | → | אֲנִי H0589 I |
| knew you | → | יָדַע H3045 to know |
| in the wilderness | → | מִדְבָּר H4057B wilderness |
| in the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| of drought | → | תַּלְאֻבָה H8514 drought |
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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