Psalms 78:51 Go deeper
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And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: (KJV)
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וַיַּ֣ךְvai.Yakhand he struck down
Lemma: נָכָה (na.khah) · Strong's: H5221
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVhw3ms)
Meaning: to smite
Used 499 times. Also: Genesis 4:15, Genesis 8:21, Genesis 14:5, Genesis 14:7, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 14:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5221; TAHOT Psalms 78:51 word 1
כָּל\־kol-every
Lemma: כֹּל (kol) · Strong's: H3605
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: all
Used 5410 times. Also: Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3605; TAHOT Psalms 78:51 word 2
בְּכ֣וֹרbe.Khorfirstborn
Lemma: בְּכוֹר (be.khor) · Strong's: H1060
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: firstborn
Used 122 times. Also: Genesis 4:4, Genesis 10:15, Genesis 22:21, Genesis 25:13, Genesis 27:19, Genesis 27:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1060; TAHOT Psalms 78:51 word 3
בְּמִצְרָ֑יִםbe.mitz.Ra.yimin Egypt
Lemma: מִצְרַ֫יִם (mits.ra.yim) · Strong's: H4714G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Egypt
Used 630 times. Also: Genesis 12:10, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:1, Genesis 13:10, Genesis 15:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4714G; TAHOT Psalms 78:51 word 4
רֵאשִׁ֥יתre.Shit[the] beginning of
Lemma: רֵאשִׁית (re.shit) · Strong's: H7225G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: first: beginning
Used 41 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 10:10, Genesis 49:3, Leviticus 2:12, Leviticus 23:10, Numbers 15:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7225G; TAHOT Psalms 78:51 word 5
א֝וֹנִ֗ים'o.Nimmanly vigor<s>
Lemma: אוֹן (on) · Strong's: H0202
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: strength
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 49:3, Deuteronomy 21:17, Job 18:7, Job 18:12, Job 20:10, Job 40:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0202; TAHOT Psalms 78:51 word 6
בְּאָהֳלֵי\־be.'o.ho.lei-in [the] tents of
Lemma: אֹ֫הֶל (o.hel) · Strong's: H0168G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: tent
Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 4:20, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0168G; TAHOT Psalms 78:51 word 7
חָֽם\׃ChamHam
Lemma: חָם (cham) · Strong's: H2526H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)
Meaning: Ham
Used 5 times. Also: 1 Chronicles 4:40, Psalms 105:23, Psalms 105:27, Psalms 106:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2526H; TAHOT Psalms 78:51 word 8
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| He struck | → | נָכָה H5221 to smite |
| all | → | כֹּל H3605 all |
| the firstborn | → | בְּכוֹר H1060 firstborn |
| of Egypt | → | מִצְרַ֫יִם H4714G Egypt |
| the virility | → | אוֹן H0202 strength |
| in the tents | → | אֹ֫הֶל H0168G tent |
| of Ham | → | חָם H2526H Ham |
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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