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Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. (KJV)
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וַיַּעֲלוּ\־vai.ya.'a.lu-and they brought up
Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhw3mp)
Meaning: to ascend: establish
Used 153 times. Also: Genesis 37:28, Genesis 46:4, Genesis 50:24, Genesis 50:25, Exodus 3:8, Exodus 3:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5927H; TAHOT Judges 16:8 word 1
סַרְנֵ֣יsar.Nei[the] rulers of
Lemma: סֶ֫רֶן (se.ren) · Strong's: H5633A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: lord
Used 21 times. Also: Joshua 13:3, Judges 3:3, Judges 16:5, Judges 16:18, Judges 16:23, Judges 16:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5633A; TAHOT Judges 16:8 word 2
פְלִשְׁתִּ֗יםfe.lish.Tim[the] Philistines
Lemma: פְּלִשְׁתִּי (pe.lish.ti) · Strong's: H6430G
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Philistine
Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 21:32, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 26:8, Genesis 26:14, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6430G; TAHOT Judges 16:8 word 3
שִׁבְעָ֛הshiv.'Ahseven
Lemma: שֶׁ֫בַע (she.va) · Strong's: H7651
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: seven
Used 392 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:26, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7651; TAHOT Judges 16:8 word 4
יְתָרִ֥יםye.ta.Rimcords
Lemma: יֶ֫תֶר (ye.ter) · Strong's: H3499B
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: cord
Used 5 times. Also: Judges 16:7, Judges 16:9, Job 4:21, Psalms 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3499B; TAHOT Judges 16:8 word 5
לַחִ֖יםla.Chimfresh
Lemma: לַח (lach) · Strong's: H3892
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: fresh
Used 6 times. Also: Genesis 30:37, Numbers 6:3, Judges 16:7, Ezekiel 17:24, Ezekiel 20:47 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3892; TAHOT Judges 16:8 word 6
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich
Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A
Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)
Meaning: which
Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Judges 16:8 word 7
לֹא\־lo'-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 16:8 word 8
חֹרָ֑בוּcho.Ra.vuthey had been dried
Lemma: חָרֵב (cha.rev) · Strong's: H2717A
Parsing: Verb · Pual (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVPp3cp)
Meaning: to dry
Used 16 times. Also: Genesis 8:13, Judges 16:7, 2 Kings 19:24, Job 14:11, Psalms 106:9, Isaiah 19:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2717A; TAHOT Judges 16:8 word 9
וַתַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּva.ta.'as.Re.huand she bound him
Lemma: אָסַר (a.sar) · Strong's: H0631
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to bind
Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 39:20, Genesis 40:3, Genesis 40:5, Genesis 42:16, Genesis 42:19, Genesis 42:24 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0631; TAHOT Judges 16:8 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So the lords | → | סֶ֫רֶן H5633A lord |
| of the Philistines | → | פְּלִשְׁתִּי H6430G Philistine |
| brought | → | עָלָה H5927H to ascend: establish |
| her | → | |
| seven | → | שֶׁ֫בַע H7651 seven |
| fresh | → | לַח H3892 fresh |
| bowstrings | → | יֶ֫תֶר H3499B cord |
| that | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| had not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| been dried | → | חָרֵב H2717A to dry |
| and she tied him up | → | אָסַר H0631 to bind |
| with them | → |
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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