KJV: And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
YLT: and he saith, 'Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'
Darby: And he said, Lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall possess it?
ASV: And he said, O Lord Jehovah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר | 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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אֲדֹנָ֣י | Lord |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: אֲדֹנָי Sense: my lord, lord. |
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יֱהוִ֔ה | GOD |
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: יהוה Sense: the proper name of the one true God. |
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בַּמָּ֥ה | by what |
Parse: Preposition-b, Interrogative Root: לָמָּה Sense: what, how, of what kind. |
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אֵדַ֖ע | shall I know |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular Root: דָּעָה Sense: to know. |
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כִּ֥י | that |
Parse: Conjunction Root: כִּי Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since. |
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אִֽירָשֶֽׁנָּה | I will possess it |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular, third person feminine singular Root: יָרַשׁ Sense: to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir. |