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If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? (KJV)
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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 Obadiah 1:5 word 1
גַּנָּבִ֤יםga.na.Vimthieves
Lemma: גַּנָּב (gan.nav) · Strong's: H1590
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: thief
Used 17 times. Also: Exodus 22:2, Exodus 22:7, Exodus 22:8, Deuteronomy 24:7, Job 24:14, Job 30:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1590; TAHOT Obadiah 1:5 word 2
בָּאֽוּ\־ba.'u-they came
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Obadiah 1:5 word 3
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 Obadiah 1:5 word 4
שׁ֣וֹדְדֵיSho.deidestroyers of
Lemma: שָׁדַד (sha.dad) · Strong's: H7703
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HVqrmpc)
Meaning: to ruin
Used 56 times. Also: Judges 5:27, Job 12:6, Job 15:21, Psalms 17:9, Psalms 137:8, Proverbs 19:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7703; TAHOT Obadiah 1:5 word 5
לַ֔יְלָהLay.lahnight
Lemma: לַ֫יְלָה (lay.lah) · Strong's: H3915
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: night
Used 231 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 7:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3915; TAHOT Obadiah 1:5 word 6
אֵ֣יךְ'eikhhow!
Lemma: אֵיךְ (ekh) · Strong's: H0349A
Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)
Meaning: how?
Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 26:9, Genesis 39:9, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:34, Exodus 6:12, Exodus 6:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0349A; TAHOT Obadiah 1:5 word 7
נִדְמֵ֔יתָהnid.Mei.tahyou will be destroyed
Lemma: דָּמָה (da.mah) · Strong's: H1820
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVNp2ms)
Meaning: to cease
Used 15 times. Also: Psalms 49:12, Psalms 49:20, Isaiah 6:5, Isaiah 15:1, Jeremiah 14:17, Jeremiah 47:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1820; TAHOT Obadiah 1:5 word 8
הֲל֥וֹאha.Lo'¿ 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 Obadiah 1:5 word 9
יִגְנְב֖וּyig.ne.Vuwill they steal
Lemma: גָּנַב (ga.nav) · Strong's: H1589
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqi3mp)
Meaning: to steal
Used 40 times. Also: Genesis 30:33, Genesis 31:19, Genesis 31:20, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 31:27, Genesis 31:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1589; TAHOT Obadiah 1:5 word 10
דַּיָּ֑םdai.Yamsufficiency their
Lemma: דַּי (day) · Strong's: H1767
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: sufficiency
Used 38 times. Also: Exodus 36:5, Exodus 36:7, Leviticus 5:7, Leviticus 12:8, Leviticus 25:26, Leviticus 25:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1767; TAHOT Obadiah 1:5 word 11
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 Obadiah 1:5 word 12
בֹּֽצְרִים֙bo.tze.Rimgrape gatherers
Lemma: בָּצַר (ba.tsar) · Strong's: H1219
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to gather/restrain/fortify
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Leviticus 25:5, Leviticus 25:11, Numbers 13:28, Deuteronomy 1:28, Deuteronomy 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1219; TAHOT Obadiah 1:5 word 13
בָּ֣אוּBa.'uthey came
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to come (in): come
Used 1922 times. Also: Genesis 6:4, Genesis 6:18, Genesis 6:19, Genesis 6:20, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935G; TAHOT Obadiah 1:5 word 14
הֲל֖וֹאha.Lo'¿ 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 Obadiah 1:5 word 15
יַשְׁאִ֥ירוּyash.'I.ruwill they leave
Lemma: שָׁאַר (sha.ar) · Strong's: H7604
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVhi3mp)
Meaning: to remain
Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 7:23, Genesis 14:10, Genesis 32:8, Genesis 42:38, Genesis 47:18, Exodus 8:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7604; TAHOT Obadiah 1:5 word 16
עֹלֵלֽוֹת\׃o.le.Lotgleanings
Lemma: עֹלֵלוֹת (o.le.lah) · Strong's: H5955
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: gleaning
Used 6 times. Also: Judges 8:2, Isaiah 17:6, Isaiah 24:13, Jeremiah 49:9, Micah 7:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5955; TAHOT Obadiah 1:5 word 17
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| If | → | אִם H0518A if |
| thieves | → | גַּנָּב H1590 thief |
| came | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| to you | → | |
| if | → | אִם H0518A if |
| robbers | → | שָׁדַד H7703 to ruin |
| by night | → | לַ֫יְלָה H3915 night |
| oh, how | → | אֵיךְ H0349A how? |
| you will be ruined | → | דָּמָה H1820 to cease |
| would they not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| steal | → | גָּנַב H1589 to steal |
| [only] what they wanted | → | דַּי H1767 sufficiency |
| If | → | אִם H0518A if |
| grape gatherers | → | בָּצַר H1219 to gather/restrain/fortify |
| came | → | בּוֹא H0935G to come (in): come |
| to you | → | |
| would they not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| leave | → | שָׁאַר H7604 to remain |
| [some] gleanings | → | עֹלֵלוֹת H5955 gleaning |
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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