Psalms 78:70 Go deeper

He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: (KJV)

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וַ֭יִּבְחַרVai.yiv.charand he chose

Lemma: בָּחַר (ba.char) · Strong's: H0977

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to choose

Used 171 times. Also: Genesis 6:2, Genesis 13:11, Exodus 14:7, Exodus 17:9, Exodus 18:25, Numbers 16:5 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0977; TAHOT Psalms 78:70 word 1

בְּדָוִ֣דbe.da.Vid<in> David

Lemma: דָּוִד (da.vid) · Strong's: H1732

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: David

Used 1075 times. Also: Ruth 4:17, Ruth 4:22, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 16:20, 1 Samuel 16:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1732; TAHOT Psalms 78:70 word 2

עַבְדּ֑וֹav.Doservant his

Lemma: עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) · Strong's: H5650

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: servant/slave

Used 796 times. Also: Genesis 9:25, Genesis 9:26, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 18:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5650; TAHOT Psalms 78:70 word 3

וַ֝יִּקָּחֵ֗הוּvai.yi.ka.Che.huand he took him

Lemma: לָקַח (la.qach) · Strong's: H3947G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to take: take

Used 770 times. Also: Genesis 2:15, Genesis 2:21, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3947G; TAHOT Psalms 78:70 word 4

מִֽמִּכְלְאֹ֥תmi.mikh.le.'Otfrom [the] folds of

Lemma: מִכְלָה (mikh.la.ah) · Strong's: H4356

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

Meaning: fold

Used 3 times. Also: Psalms 50:9, Habakkuk 3:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4356; TAHOT Psalms 78:70 word 5

צֹֽאן\׃Tzonsheep

Lemma: צֹאן (tson) · Strong's: H6629G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)

Meaning: flock

Used 271 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 20:14, Genesis 21:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6629G; TAHOT Psalms 78:70 word 6

How the BSB renders it

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

He chose	→	בָּחַר H0977 to choose
David	→	דָּוִד H1732 David
His servant	→	עֶ֫בֶד H5650 servant/slave
and took him	→	לָקַח H3947G to take: take
from the sheepfolds	→	מִכְלָה H4356 fold
. . .	→	צֹאן H6629G flock

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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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