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For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. (KJV)
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לְ֭מַעַןLe.ma.'anfor [the] sake of
Lemma: מַ֫עַן (ma.an) · Strong's: H4616
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: because
Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 12:13, Genesis 18:19, Genesis 18:24, Genesis 27:25, Genesis 37:22, Genesis 50:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4616; TAHOT Psalms 122:8 word 1
אַחַ֣י'a.Chaibrothers my
Lemma: אָח (ach) · Strong's: H0251G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: brother: male-sibling
Used 363 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:8, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 4:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0251G; TAHOT Psalms 122:8 word 2
וְרֵעָ֑יve.re.'Aiand friends my
Lemma: רֵעַ (re.a) · Strong's: H7453
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: neighbor
Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 15:10, Genesis 31:49, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7453; TAHOT Psalms 122:8 word 3
אֲדַבְּרָה\־'a.da.be.rah-I will speak
Lemma: דָבַר (da.var) · Strong's: H1696G
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVpc1cs)
Meaning: to speak: speak
Used 1056 times. Also: Genesis 8:15, Genesis 12:4, Genesis 16:13, Genesis 17:3, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1696G; TAHOT Psalms 122:8 word 4
נָּ֖אna'please
Lemma: נָא (na) · Strong's: H4994
Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)
Meaning: please
Used 404 times. Also: Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:13, Genesis 13:8, Genesis 13:9, Genesis 13:14, Genesis 15:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4994; TAHOT Psalms 122:8 word 5
שָׁל֣וֹםsha.Lompeace
Lemma: שָׁלוֹם (sha.lom) · Strong's: H7965G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: peace
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 15:15, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 26:31, Genesis 28:21, Genesis 37:4, Genesis 41:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7965G; TAHOT Psalms 122:8 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| For the sake | → | מַ֫עַן H4616 because |
| of my brothers | → | אָח H0251G brother: male-sibling |
| and friends | → | רֵעַ H7453 neighbor |
| I will say | → | דָבַר H1696G to speak: speak |
| . . . | → | נָא H4994 please |
| Peace | → | שָׁלוֹם H7965G peace |
| [be] within you | → |
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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