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And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. (KJV)
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וַיְהִי֩vay.Hiand he was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
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 Judges 13:2 word 1
אִ֨ישׁ'isha man
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man
Used 1047 times. Also: Genesis 2:23, Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376G; TAHOT Judges 13:2 word 2
אֶחָ֧ד'e.Chadone
Lemma: אֶחָד (e.chad) · Strong's: H0259
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
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 Judges 13:2 word 3
מִצָּרְעָ֛הmi.tza.re.'Ahfrom Zorah
Lemma: צׇרְעָה (tsor.ah) · Strong's: H6881
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Zorah
Used 10 times. Also: Joshua 15:33, Joshua 19:41, Judges 13:25, Judges 16:31, Judges 18:2, Judges 18:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6881; TAHOT Judges 13:2 word 4
מִמִּשְׁפַּ֥חַתmi.mish.Pa.chatfrom [the] clan of
Lemma: מִשְׁפָּחָה (mish.pa.chah) · Strong's: H4940
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: family
Used 302 times. Also: Genesis 8:19, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:18, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4940; TAHOT Judges 13:2 word 5
הַדָּנִ֖יha.da.Nithe Danite[s]
Lemma: דָּנִי (da.ni) · Strong's: H1839
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNgmsa)
Meaning: Danite
Used 5 times. Also: Judges 18:1, Judges 18:11, Judges 18:30, 1 Chronicles 12:35 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1839; TAHOT Judges 13:2 word 6
וּשְׁמ֣וֹu.she.Moand name his
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 13:2 word 7
מָנ֑וֹחַma.No.ach[was] Manoah
Lemma: מָנוֹחַ (ma.no.ach) · Strong's: H4495
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Manoah
Used 18 times. Also: Judges 13:8, Judges 13:9, Judges 13:11, Judges 13:12, Judges 13:13, Judges 13:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4495; TAHOT Judges 13:2 word 8
וְאִשְׁתּ֥וֹve.'ish.Toand wife his
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Judges 13:2 word 9
עֲקָרָ֖ה'a.ka.Rah[was] barren
Lemma: עָקָר (a.qar) · Strong's: H6135
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: barren
Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 11:30, Genesis 25:21, Genesis 29:31, Exodus 23:26, Deuteronomy 7:14, Judges 13:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6135; TAHOT Judges 13:2 word 10
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and 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 Judges 13:2 word 11
יָלָֽדָה\׃ya.La.dahshe had borne children
Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to beget
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Judges 13:2 word 12
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Now there was | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| a | → | אֶחָד H0259 one |
| man | → | אִישׁ H0376G man |
| from Zorah | → | צׇרְעָה H6881 Zorah |
| named | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| Manoah | → | מָנוֹחַ H4495 Manoah |
| from the clan | → | מִשְׁפָּחָה H4940 family |
| of the Danites | → | דָּנִי H1839 Danite |
| whose wife [was] | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| barren | → | עָקָר H6135 barren |
| and had no | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| children | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
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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