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And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. (KJV)
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וַיַּקְרֵב֙vai.yak.Revand he brought near
Lemma: קָרַב (qa.rav) · Strong's: H7126H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to present: bring
Used 168 times. Also: Exodus 28:1, Exodus 29:3, Exodus 29:4, Exodus 29:8, Exodus 29:10, Exodus 40:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7126H; TAHOT Judges 3:17 word 1
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Judges 3:17 word 2
הַמִּנְחָ֔הha.min.Chahthe tribute
Lemma: מִנְחָה (min.chah) · Strong's: H4503I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: offering: tribute
Used 15 times. Also: Judges 3:15, Judges 3:18, 2 Samuel 8:2, 2 Samuel 8:6, 1 Kings 4:21, 2 Kings 17:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4503I; TAHOT Judges 3:17 word 3
לְעֶגְל֖וֹןle.'eg.Lonto Eglon
Lemma: עֶגְלוֹן (eg.lon) · Strong's: H5700H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Eglon
Used 5 times. Also: Judges 3:12, Judges 3:14, Judges 3:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5700H; TAHOT Judges 3:17 word 4
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king of
Lemma: מֶ֫לֶךְ (me.lekh) · Strong's: H4428G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: king
Used 2508 times. Also: Genesis 14:1, Genesis 14:2, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:8, Genesis 14:9, Genesis 14:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4428G; TAHOT Judges 3:17 word 5
מוֹאָ֑בmo.'AvMoab
Lemma: מוֹאָב (mo.av) · Strong's: H4124G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Moab
Used 167 times. Also: Genesis 36:35, Exodus 15:15, Numbers 21:11, Numbers 21:13, Numbers 21:15, Numbers 21:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4124G; TAHOT Judges 3:17 word 6
וְעֶגְל֕וֹןve.'eg.Lonand Eglon
Lemma: עֶגְלוֹן (eg.lon) · Strong's: H5700H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Eglon
Used 5 times. Also: Judges 3:12, Judges 3:14, Judges 3:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5700H; TAHOT Judges 3:17 word 7
אִ֥ישׁ'ish[was] a 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 3:17 word 8
בָּרִ֖יאba.Ri'fat
Lemma: בָּרִיא (ba.ri) · Strong's: H1277
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: fat
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 41:2, Genesis 41:4, Genesis 41:5, Genesis 41:7, Genesis 41:18, Genesis 41:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1277; TAHOT Judges 3:17 word 9
מְאֹֽד\׃me.'Odvery
Lemma: מְאֹד (me.od) · Strong's: H3966
Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)
Meaning: much
Used 300 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 4:5, Genesis 7:18, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3966; TAHOT Judges 3:17 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| and brought | → | קָרַב H7126H to present: bring |
| the tribute | → | מִנְחָה H4503I offering: tribute |
| to Eglon | → | עֶגְלוֹן H5700H Eglon |
| king | → | מֶ֫לֶךְ H4428G king |
| of Moab | → | מוֹאָב H4124G Moab |
| who | → | עֶגְלוֹן H5700H Eglon |
| was an obese | → | מְאֹד H3966 much |
| . . . | → | בָּרִיא H1277 fat |
| man | → | אִישׁ H0376G man |
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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