Bible Verse Dictionary
Genesis 37:4 - Speak
Verse | Strongs No. | Hebrew | |
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And when his brethren | H251 | אָח |
[Noun Masculine] a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H1)) |
saw | H7200 | רָאָה |
[Verb] to {see} literally or figuratively (in numerous {applications} direct and {implied} {transitively} intransitively and causatively) |
that | H3588 | כִּי |
[Conjunction] (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed |
their father | H1 | אָב |
[Noun Masculine] father in a literal and {immediate} or figurative and remote application |
loved | H157 | אָהַב |
[Verb] to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) |
him more than all | H4480 | מִן |
[Preposition] properly a part of; hence ({prepositionally}) from or out of in many senses |
his brethren | H251 | אָח |
[Noun Masculine] a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like H1)) |
they hated | H8130 | שָׂנֵא |
[Verb] to hate (personally) |
him and could | H3201 | יָכֹל |
[Verb] to be {able} literally ({can } could) or morally ({may } might) |
not | H3808 | לֹא |
[Adverb] a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles |
speak | H1696 | דָבַר |
[Verb] perhaps properly to arrange; but used figuratively (of words) to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue |
peaceably | H7965 | שָׁלוֹם |
[Noun Masculine] {safe} that {is} (figuratively) {well} happy: friendly; also (abstractly) {welfare} that {is} {health} {prosperity} peace |
unto him |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.