Genesis 37:24
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
and they tookוַיִּ֨קָּחֻ֔הוּ
(vai·yik·ka·chu·hu,)
3947: to takea prim. root
him and threwוַיַּשְׁלִ֥כוּ
(vai·yash·li·chu)
7993: to throw, fling, casta prim. root
him into the pit.הַבֹּ֑רָה
(hab·bo·rah;)
953a: a pit, cistern, wellfrom baar
Now the pitוְהַבֹּ֣ור
(ve·hab·bo·vr)
953a: a pit, cistern, wellfrom baar
was empty,רֵ֔ק
(rek,)
7386: empty, vainfrom riq
withoutאֵ֥ין
(ein)
369: nothing, noughta prim. root
any waterמָֽיִם׃
(ma·yim.)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
in it. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
And they took
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
him and cast
shalak  (shaw-lak)
to throw out, down or away -- adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.
him into a pit
bowr  (bore)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison) -- cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
and the pit
bowr  (bore)
a pit hole (especially one used as a cistern or a prison) -- cistern, dungeon, fountain, pit, well.
was empty
reyq  (rake)
empty; figuratively, worthless -- emptied(-ty), vain (fellow, man).
there was no water
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
in it
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.

King James Bible
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then they took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.

International Standard Version
They grabbed him and tossed him into the cistern, but the cistern was empty. (There was no water in it.)

NET Bible
Then they took him and threw him into the cistern. (Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.)

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then they took him and put him into an empty cistern. It had no water in it.

King James 2000 Bible
And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
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