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And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion. (KJV)
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וַיִּרְדֵּ֣הוּvai.yir.De.huand he scraped out it
Lemma: רָדָה (ra.dah) · Strong's: H7287B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to scrape
Used 4 times. Also: Jeremiah 5:31, Joel 3:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7287B; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 1
אֶל\־'el-into
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 2
כַּפָּ֗יוka.Pavpalms his
Lemma: כַּף (kaph) · Strong's: H3709G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)
Meaning: palm
Used 139 times. Also: Genesis 20:5, Genesis 31:42, Genesis 40:11, Genesis 40:21, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 9:29 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3709G; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 3
וַיֵּ֤לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he went
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 4
הָלוֹךְ֙ha.loKhcontinuously <to go>
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)
Meaning: to go: come
Used 48 times. Also: Genesis 29:1, Genesis 32:6, Genesis 50:18, Numbers 10:29, Numbers 13:26, Numbers 22:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980H; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 5
וְאָכֹ֔לve.'a.Kholand eating
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 6
וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙vai.Ye.lekhand he came
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to go: went
Used 940 times. Also: Genesis 3:14, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 12:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980G; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 7
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 8
אָבִ֣יו'a.Vivfather his
Lemma: אָב (av) · Strong's: H0001G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: father
Used 1209 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 4:20, Genesis 4:21, Genesis 9:18, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 9:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0001G; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 9
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 10
אִמּ֔וֹ'i.Momother his
Lemma: אֵם (em) · Strong's: H0517
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: mother
Used 220 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 20:12, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 24:28, Genesis 24:53 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0517; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 11
וַיִּתֵּ֥ןvai.yi.Tenand he gave
Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to give: give
Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 12
וַיֹּאכֵ֑לוּvai.yo.Khe.luand they ate
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 13
וְלֹֽא\־ve.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 14:9 word 14
הִגִּ֣ידhi.Gidhe told
Lemma: נָגַד (na.gad) · Strong's: H5046
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhp3ms)
Meaning: to tell
Used 369 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 9:22, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 21:26, Genesis 22:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5046; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 15
כִּ֛יkithat
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 16
מִגְּוִיַּ֥תmi.ge.vi.Yatfrom [the] carcass of
Lemma: גְּוִיָּה (ge.viy.yah) · Strong's: H1472
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: body
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 47:18, Judges 14:8, 1 Samuel 31:10, 1 Samuel 31:12, Nehemiah 9:37, Psalms 110:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1472; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 17
הָאַרְיֵ֖הha.'ar.Yehthe lion
Lemma: אַרְיֵה (ar.yeh) · Strong's: H0738B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: lion
Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 49:9, Deuteronomy 33:22, Judges 14:8, 2 Samuel 17:10, 1 Kings 13:24, 1 Kings 13:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0738B; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 18
רָדָ֥הra.Dahhe had scraped out
Lemma: רָדָה (ra.dah) · Strong's: H7287B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to scrape
Used 4 times. Also: Jeremiah 5:31, Joel 3:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7287B; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 19
הַדְּבָֽשׁ\׃ha.de.Vashthe honey
Lemma: דְּבַשׁ (de.vash) · Strong's: H1706
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: honey
Used 54 times. Also: Genesis 43:11, Exodus 3:8, Exodus 3:17, Exodus 13:5, Exodus 16:31, Exodus 33:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1706; TAHOT Judges 14:9 word 20
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So he scooped | → | רָדָה H7287B to scrape |
| some honey into | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| his hands | → | כַּף H3709G palm |
| and ate it | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| as he went along | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| . . . | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| And when he returned | → | הָלַךְ H1980G to go: went |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| his father | → | אָב H0001G father |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| and mother | → | אֵם H0517 mother |
| he gave | → | נָתַן H5414G to give: give |
| some to them | → | |
| and they ate it | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| But he did not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| tell | → | נָגַד H5046 to tell |
| them | → | |
| that | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| he had taken | → | רָדָה H7287B to scrape |
| the honey | → | דְּבַשׁ H1706 honey |
| from the lion’s | → | אַרְיֵה H0738B lion |
| carcass | → | גְּוִיָּה H1472 body |
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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