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Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. (KJV)

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וְאַרְבָּעִ֥יםve.'ar.ba.'Imand forty

Lemma: אַרְבָּעִים (ar.ba.im) · Strong's: H0705

Parsing: Acmpa (Acmpa)

Meaning: forty

Used 135 times. Also: Genesis 5:13, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12, Genesis 7:17, Genesis 8:6, Genesis 18:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0705; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:21 word 1

שָׁנָ֛הsha.Nahyear[s]

Lemma: שָׁנָה (sha.neh) · Strong's: H8141

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: year

Used 874 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 5:3, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:6, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8141; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:21 word 2

כִּלְכַּלְתָּ֥םkil.kal.Tamyou sustained them

Lemma: כּוּל (kul) · Strong's: H3557

Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVpp2ms)

Meaning: to sustain

Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 45:11, Genesis 47:12, Genesis 50:21, Ruth 4:15, 2 Samuel 19:32, 2 Samuel 19:33 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3557; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:21 word 3

בַּמִּדְבָּ֖רba.mid.Barin the wilderness

Lemma: מִדְבָּר (mid.bar) · Strong's: H4057B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: wilderness

Used 269 times. Also: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 36:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4057B; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:21 word 4

לֹ֣אlo'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 Nehemiah 9:21 word 5

חָסֵ֑רוּcha.Se.ruthey were lacking

Lemma: חָסֵר (cha.ser) · Strong's: H2637

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to lack

Used 23 times. Also: Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 18:28, Exodus 16:18, Deuteronomy 2:7, Deuteronomy 8:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2637; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:21 word 6

שַׂלְמֹֽתֵיהֶם֙sal.mo.tei.Hemclothes their

Lemma: שַׂלְמָה (sal.mah) · Strong's: H8008

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: garment

Used 16 times. Also: Exodus 22:9, Exodus 22:26, Deuteronomy 24:13, Deuteronomy 29:5, Joshua 9:5, Joshua 9:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8008; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:21 word 7

לֹ֣אlo'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 Nehemiah 9:21 word 8

בָל֔וּva.Luthey wore out

Lemma: בָּלָה (ba.lah) · Strong's: H1086

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to become old

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 18:12, Deuteronomy 8:4, Deuteronomy 29:5, Joshua 9:13, 1 Chronicles 17:9, Job 13:28 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1086; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:21 word 9

וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֖םve.rag.lei.Hemand feet their

Lemma: רֶ֫גֶל (re.gel) · Strong's: H7272

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: foot

Used 240 times. Also: Genesis 8:9, Genesis 18:4, Genesis 19:2, Genesis 24:32, Genesis 29:1, Genesis 30:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7272; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:21 word 10

לֹ֥אlo'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 Nehemiah 9:21 word 11

בָצֵֽקוּ\׃va.Tze.kuthey became swollen

Lemma: בָּצֵק (ba.tseq) · Strong's: H1216

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)

Meaning: to swell

Used 2 times. Also: Deuteronomy 8:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1216; TAHOT Nehemiah 9:21 word 12

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

For forty	→	אַרְבָּעִים H0705 forty
years	→	שָׁנָה H8141 year
You sustained them	→	כּוּל H3557 to sustain
in the wilderness	→	מִדְבָּר H4057B wilderness
[so that] they lacked	→	חָסֵר H2637 to lack
nothing	→	לֹא H3808 not
Their clothes	→	שַׂלְמָה H8008 garment
did not	→	לֹא H3808 not
wear out	→	בָּלָה H1086 to become old
and their feet	→	רֶ֫גֶל H7272 foot
did not	→	לֹא H3808 not
swell	→	בָּצֵק H1216 to swell

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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