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Genesis 37:25

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And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit [was] empty, [there was] no water in it.	And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry [it] down to Egypt.	And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit [is it] if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And they sat down^H3427 to eat^H398 bread^H3899: and they lifted up^H5375 their eyes^H5869 and looked^H7200, and, behold, a company^H736 of Ishmeelites^H3459 came^H935 from Gilead^H1568 with their camels^H1581 bearing^H5375 spicery^H5219 and balm^H6875 and myrrh^H3910, going^H1980 to carry it down^H3381 to Egypt^H4714.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֵּשְׁבוּ לֶאֱכָל־לֶחֶם וַיִּשְׂאוּ עֵינֵיהֶם וַיִּרְאוּ וְהִנֵּה אֹרְחַת יִשְׁמְעֵאלִים בָּאָה מִגִּלְעָד וּגְמַלֵּיהֶם נֹשְׂאִים נְכֹאת וּצְרִי וָלֹט הֹולְכִים לְהֹורִיד מִצְרָיְמָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֵּשְׁבוּ֮	va/i.ye.she.Vu	H3427	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they sat down
לֶֽ/אֱכָל	le./'e.khol-	H398	HR/Vqc	to/ eat
לֶחֶם֒	le.Chem	H3899	HNcbsa	bread
וַ/יִּשְׂא֤וּ	va/i.yis.'U	H5375	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they lifted up
עֵֽינֵי/הֶם֙	'ei.nei./Hem	H5869	HNcbdc/Sp3mp	eyes/ their
וַ/יִּרְא֔וּ	va/i.yir.'U	H7200	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they saw
וְ/הִנֵּה֙	ve./hi.Neh	H2009	HC/Tm	and/ there!
אֹרְחַ֣ת	'o.re.Chat	H736	HNcfsc	a caravan of
יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֔ים	yish.me.'e.Lim	H3459	HNgmpa	Ishmaelites
בָּאָ֖ה	ba.'Ah	H935	HVqrfsa	(was) coming
מִ/גִּלְעָ֑ד	mi./gil.'Ad	H1568	HR/Np	from/ Gilead
וּ/גְמַלֵּי/הֶ֣ם	u./ge.ma.lei./Hem	H1581	HC/Ncmpc/Sp3mp	and/ camels/ their
נֹֽשְׂאִ֗ים	no.se.'Im	H5375	HVqrmpa	(were) carrying
נְכֹאת֙	ne.khoT	H5219	HNcfsa	spice
וּ/צְרִ֣י	u./tze.Ri	H6875	HC/Ncmsa	and/ balm
וָ/לֹ֔ט	va./Lot	H3910	HC/Ncmsa	and/ myrrh
הוֹלְכִ֖ים	hol.Khim	H1980	HVqrmpa	traveling
לְ/הוֹרִ֥יד	le./ho.Rid	H3381	HR/Vhc	to/ take (them) down
מִצְרָֽיְמָ/ה	mitz.Ra.ye.ma/h	H4714	HNp/Sd	Egypt/ towards

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

Strong's References

• H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
• H736 — אֹרְחָה (ʼôrᵉchâh, o-rekh-aw'): feminine active participle of אָרַח; a caravan; (travelling) company.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1568 — גִּלְעָד (Gilʻâd, ghil-awd'): probably from גַּלְעֵד; Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites; Gilead, Gileadite.
• H1581 — גָּמָל (gâmâl, gaw-mawl'): apparently from גָּמַל (in the sense of labor or burden-bearing); a camel; camel.
• H1980 — הָלַךְ (hâlak, haw-lak'): akin to יָלַךְ; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.
• H3381 — יָרַד (yârad, yaw-rad'): a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H3459 — יִשְׁמָעֵאלִי (Yishmâʻêʼlîy, yish-maw-ay-lee'): patronymically from יִשְׁמָעֵאל; a Jishmaelite or descendant of Jishmael; Ishmaelite.
• H3899 — לֶחֶם (lechem, lekh'-em): from לָחַם; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
• H3910 — לֹט (lôṭ, lote): probably from לוּט; a gum (from its sticky nature), probably ladanum; myrrh.
• H4714 — מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, mits-rah'-yim): dual of מָצוֹר; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt; Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
• H5219 — נְכֹאת (nᵉkôʼth, nek-ohth'): from נָכֵא; properly, a smiting, i.e. (concretely) an aromatic gum (perhaps styrax) (as powdered); spicery(-ces).
• H5375 — נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ, naw-saw'): or נָסָה; (Psalm 4:6 (אֲבַד)), a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative; accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable ([phrase] man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, [idiom] needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, [phrase] swear, take (away, up), [idiom] utterly, wear, yield.
• H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
• H6875 — צְרִי (tsᵉrîy, tser-ee'): or צֳרִי; from an unused root meaning to crack (as by pressure), hence, to leak; distillation, i.e. balsam; balm.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.

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

• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.

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