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Genesis 26:14

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And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:	For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.	For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For he had possession^H4735 of flocks^H6629, and possession^H4735 of herds^H1241, and great store^H7227 of servants^H5657: and the Philistines^H6430 envied^H7065 him.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי־לֹו מִקְנֵה־צֹאן וּמִקְנֵה בָקָר וַעֲבֻדָּה רַבָּה וַיְקַנְאוּ אֹתֹו פְּלִשְׁתִּים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַֽ/יְהִי	va/y.hi-	H1961	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it be(longed)
ל֤/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to (the)/ him
מִקְנֵה	mik.neh-	H4735	HNcmsc	livestock of
צֹאן֙	tzoN	H6629	HNcbsa	flock
וּ/מִקְנֵ֣ה	u./mik.Neh	H4735	HC/Ncmsc	and/ livestock of
בָקָ֔ר	va.Kar	H1241	HNcbsa	herd
וַ/עֲבֻדָּ֖ה	va./'a.vu.Dah	H5657	HC/Ncfsa	and/ service
רַבָּ֑ה	ra.Bah	H7227	HAafsa	much
וַ/יְקַנְא֥וּ	va/y.kan.'U	H7065	HC/Vpw3mp	and/ they envied
אֹת֖/וֹ	'o.T/o	H853	HTo/Sp3ms	(obj.)/ him
פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים	pe.lish.Tim	H6430	HNgmpa	(the) Philistines

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H1241 — בָּקָר (bâqâr, baw-kawr'): from בָּקַר; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd; beeve, bull ([phrase] -ock), [phrase] calf, [phrase] cow, great (cattle), [phrase] heifer, herd, kine, ox.
• H4735 — מִקְנֶה (miqneh, mik-neh'): from קָנָה; something bought, i.e. property, but only livestock; abstractly, acquisition; cattle, flock, herd, possession, purchase, substance.
• H5657 — עֲבֻדָּה (ʻăbuddâh, ab-ood-daw'): passive participle of עָבַד; something wrought, i.e. (concretely) service; household, store of servants.
• H6430 — פְּלִשְׁתִּי (Pᵉlishtîy, pel-ish-tee'): patrial from פְּלֶשֶׁת; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth; Philistine.
• H6629 — צֹאן (tsôʼn, tsone): or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men); (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
• H7065 — קָנָא (qânâʼ, kaw-naw'): a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) zealous, i.e. (in a bad sense) jealous or envious; (be) envy(-ious), be (move to, provoke to) jealous(-y), [idiom] very, (be) zeal(-ous).
• H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.

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