Leviticus 26:38 Go deeper
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And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. (KJV)
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וַאֲבַדְתֶּ֖םva.'a.vad.Temand you will perish
Lemma: אָבַד (a.vad) · Strong's: H0006
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqq2mp)
Meaning: to perish
Used 183 times. Also: Exodus 10:7, Leviticus 23:30, Numbers 16:33, Numbers 17:12, Numbers 21:29, Numbers 21:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0006; TAHOT Leviticus 26:38 word 1
בַּגּוֹיִ֑םba.go.Yimamong the nations
Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: nation
Used 548 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1471A; TAHOT Leviticus 26:38 word 2
וְאָכְלָ֣הve.'a.khe.Lahand it will consume
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqq3fs)
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 Leviticus 26:38 word 3
אֶתְכֶ֔ם'et.Khem<obj.> you
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 Leviticus 26:38 word 4
אֶ֖רֶץ'E.retz[the] land of
Lemma: אֶ֫רֶץ (e.rets) · Strong's: H0776G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: land: country/planet
Used 2317 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0776G; TAHOT Leviticus 26:38 word 5
אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם\׃'o.ye.vei.Khemenemies your
Lemma: אֹיֵב (o.yev) · Strong's: H0341
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: enemy
Used 280 times. Also: Genesis 22:17, Genesis 49:8, Exodus 15:6, Exodus 15:9, Exodus 23:4, Exodus 23:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0341; TAHOT Leviticus 26:38 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You will perish | → | אָבַד H0006 to perish |
| among the nations | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
| and the land | → | אֶ֫רֶץ H0776G land: country/planet |
| of your enemies | → | אֹיֵב H0341 enemy |
| will consume | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| you | → | אֵת H0853 [Obj.] |
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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