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And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves , and drink for yourselves ? (KJV)
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וְכִ֥יve.Khiand if
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Zechariah 7:6 word 1
תֹאכְל֖וּto.khe.Luyou eat
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Zechariah 7:6 word 2
וְכִ֣יve.Khiand if
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Zechariah 7:6 word 3
תִשְׁתּ֑וּtish.Tuyou drink
Lemma: שָׁתָה (sha.tah) · Strong's: H8354
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to drink
Used 217 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:18, Genesis 24:19, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:44 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8354; TAHOT Zechariah 7:6 word 4
הֲל֤וֹאha.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 Zechariah 7:6 word 5
אַתֶּם֙'a.Tem[are] you
Lemma: אַתֶּם (at.tem) · Strong's: H0859D
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Plural (HPp2mp)
Meaning: you(m.p.)
Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 9:7, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:4, Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:14, Genesis 42:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0859D; TAHOT Zechariah 7:6 word 6
הָאֹ֣כְלִ֔יםha.'O.khe.Limthe [ones who] eat
Lemma: אָכַל (a.khal) · Strong's: H0398
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to eat
Used 806 times. Also: Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:5 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0398; TAHOT Zechariah 7:6 word 7
וְאַתֶּ֖םve.'a.Temand [are] you?
Lemma: אַתֶּם (at.tem) · Strong's: H0859D
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Plural (HPp2mp)
Meaning: you(m.p.)
Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 9:7, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:4, Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:14, Genesis 42:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0859D; TAHOT Zechariah 7:6 word 8
הַשֹּׁתִֽים\׃ha.sho.Timthe [ones who] drink
Lemma: שָׁתָה (sha.tah) · Strong's: H8354
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to drink
Used 217 times. Also: Genesis 9:21, Genesis 24:14, Genesis 24:18, Genesis 24:19, Genesis 24:22, Genesis 24:44 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8354; TAHOT Zechariah 7:6 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And when | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| you were eating | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| . . . | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| and drinking | → | שָׁתָה H8354 to drink |
| were you not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| [doing so] | → | אַתֶּם H0859D you(m.p.) |
| . . . | → | אָכַל H0398 to eat |
| . . . | → | אַתֶּם H0859D you(m.p.) |
| simply for yourselves | → | שָׁתָה H8354 to drink |
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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