KJV: Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
YLT: why do we die before thine eyes, both we and our ground? buy us and our ground for bread, and we and our ground are servants to Pharaoh; and give seed, and we live, and die not, and the ground is not desolate.'
Darby: Why should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be bondmen to Pharaoh; and give seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.
ASV: wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.
| לָ֧מָּה | Why |
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Parse: Interrogative Root: לָמָּה Sense: what, how, of what kind. |
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| נָמ֣וּת | should we die |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed. |
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| לְעֵינֶ֗יךָ | before your eyes |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, cdc, second person masculine singular Root: עֹונָה Sense: eye. |
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| גַּם־ | both |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: גַּם Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea. |
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| ؟ אַדְמָתֵ֔נוּ | our land |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common plural Root: אֲדָמָה Sense: ground, land. |
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| קְנֵֽה־ | Buy |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: קָנָה Sense: to get, acquire, create, buy, possess. |
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| אֹתָ֥נוּ | us |
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Parse: Direct object marker, first person common plural Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative. |
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| אַדְמָתֵ֖נוּ | our land |
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Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common plural Root: אֲדָמָה Sense: ground, land. |
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| בַּלָּ֑חֶם | for bread |
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Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: לֶחֶם Sense: bread, food, grain. |
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| וְנִֽהְיֶ֞ה | and will be |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual, first person common plural Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out. |
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| וְאַדְמָתֵ֙נוּ֙ | and our land |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common plural Root: אֲדָמָה Sense: ground, land. |
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| עֲבָדִ֣ים | servants |
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Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: עֶבֶד Sense: slave, servant. |
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| לְפַרְעֹ֔ה | of Pharaoh |
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Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: פַּרְעֹה Sense: the common title of the king of Egypt. |
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| וְתֶן־ | And give [us] |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: יָתַן Sense: to give, put, set. |
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| זֶ֗רַע | seed |
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Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: זֶרַע Sense: seed, sowing, offspring. |
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| וְנִֽחְיֶה֙ | that we may live |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual, first person common plural Root: חָיָה Sense: to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health. |
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| וְלֹ֣א | and not |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no. |
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| נָמ֔וּת | die |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common plural Root: מוּת Sense: to die, kill, have one executed. |
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| וְהָאֲדָמָ֖ה | that the land |
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Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: אֲדָמָה Sense: ground, land. |
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| תֵשָֽׁם | may be desolate |
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Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular Root: יָשַׁם Sense: (Qal) to ruin, be desolate. |
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