Genesis 50:11
When the Canaanites of the land saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a solemn ceremony of mourning by the Egyptians.” Thus the place across the Jordan is called Abel-mizraim.
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ASV
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
KJV
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel–mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
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22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּ֡רְא | vai.Yar' | and he saw | H7200 → |
| יוֹשֵׁב֩ | yo.Shev | [the] inhabitant[s] of | H3427 → |
| הָאָ֨רֶץ | ha.'A.retz | the land | H776 → |
| הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֜י | ha.ke.na.'a.Ni | the Canaanite[s] | H3669 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הָאֵ֗בֶל | ha.'E.vel | the mourning | H60 → |
| בְּגֹ֙רֶן֙ | be.Go.ren | at [the] threshing floor of | H1637 → |
| הָֽאָטָ֔ד | ha.'a.Tad | <the> Atad | H329 → |
| וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ | vai.Yo.me.Ru | and they said | H559 → |
| אֵֽבֶל־ | 'e.vel- | [is] mourning | H60 → |
| כָּבֵ֥ד | ka.Ved | heavy | H3515 → |
| זֶ֖ה | zeh | this | H2088 → |
| לְמִצְרָ֑יִם | le.mitz.Ra.yim | for Egypt | H4714 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | there- | H5921 → |
| כֵּ֞ן | ken | -fore | H3651 → |
| קָרָ֤א | ka.Ra' | someone called | H7121 → |
| שְׁמָהּ֙ | she.Mah | name its | H8034 → |
| אָבֵ֣ל | 'a.Vel | Abel | H67 → |
| מִצְרַ֔יִם | mitz.Ra.yim | Mizraim | H67 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| בְּעֵ֥בֶר | be.'E.ver | [is] on [the] other side of | H5676 → |
| הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ | hai.yar.Den | the Jordan | H3383 → |
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