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And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; (KJV)
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וְהָיָ֖הve.ha.Yahand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
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 6:3 word 1
אִם\־'im-if
Lemma: אִם (im) · Strong's: H0518A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: if
Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 15:5, Genesis 18:3, Genesis 18:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0518A; TAHOT Judges 6:3 word 2
זָרַ֣עza.Ra'it sowed
Lemma: זָרַע (za.ra) · Strong's: H2232
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to sow
Used 56 times. Also: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 26:12, Genesis 47:23, Exodus 23:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2232; TAHOT Judges 6:3 word 3
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsrael
Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל (yis.ra.el) · Strong's: H3478
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Israel
Used 2504 times. Also: Genesis 32:28, Genesis 32:32, Genesis 34:7, Genesis 35:10, Genesis 35:21, Genesis 35:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3478; TAHOT Judges 6:3 word 4
וְעָלָ֨הve.'a.Lahand it went up
Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to ascend: rise
Used 615 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 19:28, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5927G; TAHOT Judges 6:3 word 5
מִדְיָ֧ןmid.YanMidian
Lemma: מִדְיָן (mid.yan) · Strong's: H4080H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Midian
Used 55 times. Also: Genesis 36:35, Exodus 2:15, Exodus 2:16, Exodus 3:1, Exodus 4:19, Exodus 18:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4080H; TAHOT Judges 6:3 word 6
וַֽעֲמָלֵ֛קva.'a.ma.Lekand Amalek
Lemma: עֲמָלֵק (a.ma.leq) · Strong's: H6002G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Amalek
Used 37 times. Also: Exodus 17:8, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 17:10, Exodus 17:11, Exodus 17:13, Exodus 17:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6002G; TAHOT Judges 6:3 word 7
וּבְנֵי\־u.ve.nei-and [the] people of
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: son: descendant/people
Used 1559 times. Also: Genesis 19:38, Genesis 23:3, Genesis 23:5, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121G; TAHOT Judges 6:3 word 8
קֶ֖דֶםKe.dem[the] east
Lemma: קֶ֫דֶם (qe.dem) · Strong's: H6924A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: East
Used 6 times. Also: Judges 6:33, Judges 7:12, Judges 8:10, Ezekiel 25:4, Ezekiel 25:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6924A; TAHOT Judges 6:3 word 9
וְעָל֥וּve.'a.Luand they went up
Lemma: עָלָה (a.lah) · Strong's: H5927G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)
Meaning: to ascend: rise
Used 615 times. Also: Genesis 2:6, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 19:28, Genesis 19:30, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5927G; TAHOT Judges 6:3 word 10
עָלָֽיו\׃'a.Lavon him
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
Meaning: upon
Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Judges 6:3 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Whenever | → | אִם H0518A if |
| the Israelites | → | יִשְׂרָאֵל H3478 Israel |
| planted their crops | → | זָרַע H2232 to sow |
| the Midianites | → | מִדְיָן H4080H Midian |
| Amalekites | → | עֲמָלֵק H6002G Amalek |
| and other people | → | בֵּן H1121G son: descendant/people |
| of the east | → | קֶ֫דֶם H6924A East |
| would come up | → | עָלָה H5927G to ascend: rise |
| and invade | → | עָלָה H5927G to ascend: rise |
| them | → | עַל H5921A upon |
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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