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And the house of Joseph sent to descry Beth-el. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) (KJV)
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וַיָּתִ֥ירוּvai.ya.Ti.ruand they caused to spy out
Lemma: תּוּר (tur) · Strong's: H8446
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhw3mp)
Meaning: to spy
Used 24 times. Also: Numbers 10:33, Numbers 13:2, Numbers 13:16, Numbers 13:17, Numbers 13:21, Numbers 13:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8446; TAHOT Judges 1:23 word 1
בֵית\־veit-[the] house of
Lemma: בַּ֫יִת (ba.yit) · Strong's: H1004M
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: house: household
Used 664 times. Also: Genesis 7:1, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:15, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 15:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1004M; TAHOT Judges 1:23 word 2
יוֹסֵ֖ףyo.SefJoseph
Lemma: יוֹסֵף (yo.seph) · Strong's: H3130G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Joseph
Used 208 times. Also: Genesis 30:24, Genesis 30:25, Genesis 33:2, Genesis 33:7, Genesis 35:24, Genesis 37:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3130G; TAHOT Judges 1:23 word 3
בְּבֵֽית\־be.veit-at Beth-
Lemma: בֵּֽיתְ־אֵל (bet-el) · Strong's: H1008G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Bethel
Used 140 times. Also: Genesis 12:8, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 28:19, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 35:1, Genesis 35:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1008G; TAHOT Judges 1:23 word 4
אֵ֑ל'El-el
Lemma: בֵּֽיתְ־אֵל (bet-el) · Strong's: H1008G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Bethel
Used 140 times. Also: Genesis 12:8, Genesis 13:3, Genesis 28:19, Genesis 31:13, Genesis 35:1, Genesis 35:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1008G; TAHOT Judges 1:23 word 5
וְשֵׁם\־ve.shem-and [the] name of
Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: name
Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Judges 1:23 word 6
הָעִ֥ירha.'Irthe city
Lemma: עִיר (ir) · Strong's: H5892B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: city
Used 1084 times. Also: Genesis 4:17, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:8, Genesis 13:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5892B; TAHOT Judges 1:23 word 7
לְפָנִ֖יםle.fa.Nim<to> before
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: face: before
Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Judges 1:23 word 8
לֽוּז\׃Luz[was] Luz
Lemma: לוּז (luz) · Strong's: H3870H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Luz
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 28:19, Genesis 35:6, Genesis 48:3, Joshua 16:2, Joshua 18:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3870H; TAHOT Judges 1:23 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| [They] | → | בַּ֫יִת H1004M house: household |
| . . . | → | יוֹסֵף H3130G Joseph |
| sent spies | → | תּוּר H8446 to spy |
| to Bethel | → | בֵּֽיתְ־אֵל H1008G Bethel |
| formerly | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| known as | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| Luz) | → | לוּז H3870H Luz |
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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