KJV: Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.
YLT: And he saith, Hast thou known why I have come unto thee? and now I turn back to fight with the head of Persia; yea, I am going forth, and lo, the head of Javan hath come;
Darby: And he said, Knowest thou wherefore I am come unto thee? And now I return to fight with the prince of Persia; and when I go forth, behold, the prince of Greece shall come.
ASV: Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I am come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I go forth, lo, the prince of Greece shall come.
וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | And he said |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָמַר Sense: to say, speak, utter. |
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הֲיָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ | do you know |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular Root: דָּעָה Sense: to know. |
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לָמָּה־ | why |
Parse: Interrogative Root: לָמָּה Sense: what, how, of what kind. |
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בָּ֣אתִי | I have come |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in. |
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אֵלֶ֔יךָ | to you |
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular Root: אֶל Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion). |
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וְעַתָּ֣ה | now |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb Root: עַתָּה Sense: now. |
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אָשׁ֔וּב | I must return |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular Root: שׁוּב Sense: to return, turn back. |
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לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם | to fight |
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Nifal, Infinitive construct Root: לָחַם Sense: to fight, do battle, make war. |
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שַׂ֣ר | the prince |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: סָרַר Sense: prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain. |
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פָּרָ֑ס | of Persia |
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: פָּרַס Sense: the empire Persia; encompassed the territory from India on the east to Egypt and Thrace on the west, and included, besides portions of Europe and Africa, the whole of western Asia between the Black Sea, the Caucasus, the Caspian and the Jaxartes on the north, the Arabian desert, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean on the south. |
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וַאֲנִ֣י | and when I |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Pronoun, first person common singular Root: אֲנִי Sense: I (first pers. |
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יוֹצֵ֔א | have gone forth |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: יׄוצֵאת Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth. |
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וְהִנֵּ֥ה | and indeed |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection Root: הִנֵּה Sense: behold, lo, see, if. |
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שַׂר־ | the prince |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: סָרַר Sense: prince, ruler, leader, chief, chieftain, official, captain. |
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יָוָ֖ן | of Greece |
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular Root: יָוָן Sense: a son of Japheth and grandson of Noah. |
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בָּֽא | will come |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: בֹּוא Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in. |