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Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. (KJV)
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גַּם\־gam-also
Lemma: גַּם (gam) · Strong's: H1571
Parsing: Adverb (HD)
Meaning: also
Used 769 times. Also: Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 4:22, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1571; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:12 word 1
אַתֶּ֣ם'a.Temyou
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 Zephaniah 2:12 word 2
כּוּשִׁ֔יםku.ShimO Cushites
Lemma: כּוּשִׁי (ku.shi) · Strong's: H3569G
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)
Meaning: Ethiopian
Used 25 times. Also: Numbers 12:1, 2 Samuel 18:21, 2 Samuel 18:22, 2 Samuel 18:23, 2 Samuel 18:31, 2 Samuel 18:32 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3569G; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:12 word 3
חַֽלְלֵ֥יcha.Lei[are those] slain of
Lemma: חָלָל (cha.lal) · Strong's: H2491A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HAampc)
Meaning: slain: killed
Used 83 times. Also: Genesis 34:27, Numbers 19:16, Numbers 19:18, Numbers 23:24, Numbers 31:8, Numbers 31:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2491A; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:12 word 4
חַרְבִּ֖יchar.Bisword my
Lemma: חֶ֫רֶב (che.rev) · Strong's: H2719
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: sword
Used 412 times. Also: Genesis 3:24, Genesis 27:40, Genesis 31:26, Genesis 34:25, Genesis 34:26, Genesis 48:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2719; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:12 word 5
הֵֽמָּה\׃He.mahthey
Lemma: הֵ֫מָּה (hem.mah) · Strong's: H1992
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Masculine · Plural (HPp3mp)
Meaning: they(masc.)
Used 550 times. Also: Genesis 3:7, Genesis 6:4, Genesis 7:14, Genesis 14:13, Genesis 14:24, Genesis 25:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1992; TAHOT Zephaniah 2:12 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You too | → | אַתֶּם H0859D you(m.p.) |
| O Cushites | → | כּוּשִׁי H3569G Ethiopian |
| will | → | גַּם H1571 also |
| be slain | → | חָלָל H2491A slain: killed |
| by My sword | → | חֶ֫רֶב H2719 sword |
| . . . | → | הֵ֫מָּה H1992 they(masc.) |
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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