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Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. (KJV)
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עַל\־'al-there-
Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
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 Proverbs 7:15 word 1
כֵּ֭ןken-fore
Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: so
Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Proverbs 7:15 word 2
יָצָ֣אתִיya.Tza.tiI have come out
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqp1cs)
Meaning: to come out: come
Used 620 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:18, Genesis 8:19, Genesis 9:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318G; TAHOT Proverbs 7:15 word 3
לִקְרָאתֶ֑ךָlik.ra.Te.chato meet you
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7122G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
Meaning: to encounter: meet
Used 86 times. Also: Genesis 14:17, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 24:17, Genesis 24:65, Genesis 29:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7122G; TAHOT Proverbs 7:15 word 4
לְשַׁחֵ֥רle.sha.Cherto seek
Lemma: שָׁחַר (sha.char) · Strong's: H7836
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVpcc)
Meaning: to seek
Used 12 times. Also: Job 7:21, Job 8:5, Job 24:5, Psalms 63:1, Psalms 78:34, Proverbs 1:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7836; TAHOT Proverbs 7:15 word 5
פָּ֝נֶ֗יךָpa.Nei.khaface your
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440L
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face of
Used 96 times. Also: Genesis 16:8, Genesis 24:12, Genesis 27:20, Genesis 30:33, Genesis 31:2, Genesis 31:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440L; TAHOT Proverbs 7:15 word 6
וָאֶמְצָאֶֽךָּ\׃va.'em.tza.'E.kaand I have found you
Lemma: מָצָא (ma.tsa) · Strong's: H4672
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqw1cs)
Meaning: to find
Used 453 times. Also: Genesis 2:20, Genesis 4:14, Genesis 4:15, Genesis 6:8, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 11:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4672; TAHOT Proverbs 7:15 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So | → | עַל H5921A upon |
| . . . | → | כֵּן H3651C so |
| I came out | → | יָצָא H3318G to come out: come |
| to meet you | → | קָרָא H7122G to encounter: meet |
| I sought you | → | שָׁחַר H7836 to seek |
| . . . | → | פָּנֶה H6440L face of |
| and I have found you | → | מָצָא H4672 to find |
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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