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Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. (KJV)
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וַיֹּאמְר֥וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Judges 9:14 word 1
כָל\־khol-all
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Judges 9:14 word 2
הָעֵצִ֖יםha.'e.Tzimthe trees
Lemma: עֵץ (ets) · Strong's: H6086H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: tree
Used 143 times. Also: Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6086H; TAHOT Judges 9:14 word 3
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 9:14 word 4
הָאָטָ֑דha.'a.Tadthe thorn bush
Lemma: אָטָד (a.tad) · Strong's: H0329H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: bramble
Used 4 times. Also: Judges 9:15, Psalms 58:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0329H; TAHOT Judges 9:14 word 5
לֵ֥ךְlekhcome
Lemma: הָלַךְ (ha.lakh) · Strong's: H1980K
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to go: come!
Used 52 times. Also: Genesis 19:32, Genesis 31:44, Genesis 37:13, Genesis 37:20, Genesis 37:27, Exodus 3:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1980K; TAHOT Judges 9:14 word 6
אַתָּ֖ה'a.Tahyou
Lemma: אַתָּ֫ה (at.tah) · Strong's: H0859A
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Singular (HPp2ms)
Meaning: you(m.s.)
Used 739 times. Also: Genesis 3:11, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 3:15, Genesis 3:19, Genesis 4:7, Genesis 4:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0859A; TAHOT Judges 9:14 word 7
מְלָךְ\־me.lokh-reign
Lemma: מָלַךְ (ma.lakh) · Strong's: H4427A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqv2ms)
Meaning: to reign
Used 344 times. Also: Genesis 36:31, Genesis 36:32, Genesis 36:33, Genesis 36:34, Genesis 36:35, Genesis 36:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4427A; TAHOT Judges 9:14 word 8
עָלֵֽינוּ\׃'a.Lei.nuover us
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 9:14 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Finally all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the trees | → | עֵץ H6086H tree |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the thornbush | → | אָטָד H0329H bramble |
| Come | → | הָלַךְ H1980K to go: come! |
| . . . | → | אַתָּ֫ה H0859A you(m.s.) |
| and reign | → | מָלַךְ H4427A to reign |
| over us | → | 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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