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When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. (KJV)
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בַשָּׁלָ֡לva.sha.Lalamong the booty
Lemma: שָׁלָל (sha.lal) · Strong's: H7998
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: spoil
Used 72 times. Also: Genesis 49:27, Exodus 15:9, Numbers 31:11, Numbers 31:12, Deuteronomy 2:35, Deuteronomy 3:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7998; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 1
אַדֶּ֣רֶת'a.De.ret<the> cloak of
Lemma: אַדֶּ֫רֶת (ad.de.ret) · Strong's: H0155
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: clothing
Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 25:25, Joshua 7:24, 1 Kings 19:13, 1 Kings 19:19, 2 Kings 2:8, 2 Kings 2:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0155; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 2
שִׁנְעָר֩shin.'ArShinar
Lemma: שִׁנְעָר (shin.ar) · Strong's: H8152
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Shinar
Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 10:10, Genesis 11:2, Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:9, Isaiah 11:11, Daniel 1:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8152; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 3
אַחַ֨ת'a.Chatone
Lemma: אֶחָד (e.chad) · Strong's: H0259
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HAcfsc)
Meaning: one
Used 964 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0259; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 4
טוֹבָ֜הto.Vahgood
Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: pleasant
Used 384 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 6:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2896A; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 5
וּמָאתַ֧יִםu.ma.Ta.yimand two hundred
Lemma: מֵאָה (me.ah) · Strong's: H3967
Parsing: Acfda (Acfda)
Meaning: hundred
Used 574 times. Also: Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3967; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 6
שְׁקָלִ֣יםshe.ka.Limshekels
Lemma: שֶׁ֫קֶל (she.qel) · Strong's: H8255
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: shekel
Used 88 times. Also: Genesis 23:15, Genesis 23:16, Exodus 21:32, Exodus 30:13, Exodus 30:15, Exodus 30:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8255; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 7
כֶּ֗סֶףKe.sefsilver
Lemma: כֶּ֫סֶף (ke.seph) · Strong's: H3701G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: silver: money
Used 391 times. Also: Genesis 13:2, Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:27, Genesis 20:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3701G; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 8
וּלְשׁ֨וֹןu.le.Shonand a wedge of
Lemma: לָשׁוֹן (la.shon) · Strong's: H3956I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: tongue: bar
Used 6 times. Also: Joshua 7:24, Joshua 15:2, Joshua 15:5, Joshua 18:19, Isaiah 11:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3956I; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 9
זָהָ֤בza.Havgold
Lemma: זָהָב (za.hav) · Strong's: H2091
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: gold
Used 389 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 13:2, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:35, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2091; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 10
אֶחָד֙'e.Chadone
Lemma: אֶחָד (e.chad) · Strong's: H0259
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAcfsa)
Meaning: one
Used 964 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0259; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 11
חֲמִשִּׁ֤יםcha.mi.Shim[was] fifty
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 Joshua 7:21 word 12
שְׁקָלִים֙she.ka.Limshekels
Lemma: שֶׁ֫קֶל (she.qel) · Strong's: H8255
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: shekel
Used 88 times. Also: Genesis 23:15, Genesis 23:16, Exodus 21:32, Exodus 30:13, Exodus 30:15, Exodus 30:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8255; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 13
מִשְׁקָל֔וֹmish.ka.Loweight its
Lemma: מִשְׁקָל (mish.qal) · Strong's: H4948
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: weight
Used 49 times. Also: Genesis 24:22, Genesis 43:21, Leviticus 19:35, Leviticus 26:26, Numbers 7:13, Numbers 7:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4948; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 14
וָֽאֶחְמְדֵ֖םva.'ech.me.Demand I desired them
Lemma: חָמַד (cha.mad) · Strong's: H2530A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)
Meaning: to desire
Used 21 times. Also: Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:6, Exodus 20:17, Exodus 34:24, Deuteronomy 5:21, Deuteronomy 7:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2530A; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 15
וָֽאֶקָּחֵ֑םva.'e.ka.Chemand I took them
Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)
Meaning: to take: take
Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 16
וְהִנָּ֨םve.hi.Namand there they
Lemma: הִנֵּה (hin.neh) · Strong's: H2009
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: behold
Used 841 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:31, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2009; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 17
טְמוּנִ֥יםte.mu.Nim[are] hidden
Lemma: טָמַן (ta.man) · Strong's: H2934
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Passive) · Participle passive · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqsmpa)
Meaning: to hide
Used 31 times. Also: Genesis 35:4, Exodus 2:12, Deuteronomy 33:19, Joshua 2:6, Joshua 7:22, 2 Kings 7:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2934; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 18
בָּאָ֛רֶץba.'A.retzin the ground
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: land: soil
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 18:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776H; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 19
בְּת֥וֹךְbe.Tokhin [the] midst of
Lemma: תָּ֫וֶךְ (ta.vekh) · Strong's: H8432
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: midst
Used 416 times. Also: Genesis 1:6, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 9:21, Genesis 15:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8432; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 20
הָאָֽהֳלִ֖יha.'o.ho.Li<the> tent my
Lemma: אֹ֫הֶל (o.hel) · Strong's: H0168G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: tent
Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 4:20, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0168G; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 21
וְהַכֶּ֥סֶףve.ha.Ke.sefand the silver
Lemma: כֶּ֫סֶף (ke.seph) · Strong's: H3701G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: silver: money
Used 391 times. Also: Genesis 13:2, Genesis 17:12, Genesis 17:13, Genesis 17:23, Genesis 17:27, Genesis 20:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3701G; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 22
תַּחְתֶּֽיהָ\׃tach.Tei.ha[is] under it
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: underneath: under
Used 238 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 16:9, Genesis 18:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478G; TAHOT Joshua 7:21 word 23
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| When I saw | → | H7200 |
| among the spoils | → | שָׁלָל H7998 spoil |
| a | → | אֶחָד H0259 one |
| beautiful | → | טוֹב H2896A pleasant |
| cloak | → | אַדֶּ֫רֶת H0155 clothing |
| from Shinar | → | שִׁנְעָר H8152 Shinar |
| two hundred | → | מֵאָה H3967 hundred |
| shekels | → | שֶׁ֫קֶל H8255 shekel |
| of silver | → | כֶּ֫סֶף H3701G silver: money |
| and a | → | אֶחָד H0259 one |
| bar | → | לָשׁוֹן H3956I tongue: bar |
| of gold | → | זָהָב H2091 gold |
| weighing | → | מִשְׁקָל H4948 weight |
| fifty | → | חֲמִשִּׁים H2572 fifty |
| shekels | → | שֶׁ֫קֶל H8255 shekel |
| I coveted them | → | חָמַד H2530A to desire |
| and took them | → | לָקַח H3947G to take: take |
| They are | → | הִנֵּה H2009 behold |
| hidden | → | טָמַן H2934 to hide |
| in the ground | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776H land: soil |
| inside | → | תָּ֫וֶךְ H8432 midst |
| my tent | → | אֹ֫הֶל H0168G tent |
| with the silver | → | כֶּ֫סֶף H3701G silver: money |
| underneath | → | תַּחַת H8478G underneath: under |
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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