New American Standard Bible 1995

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And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat.

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Greek: Transliteration:
And He got to walk on, to step into, i.e. embark V-APA-NMS H1684 ἐμβὰς embas
into one one Adj-ANS H1520 ἓν en
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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of the boats, a boat N-GNS H4143 πλοίων ploiōn
which usually rel. who, which, that, also demonstrative this, that RelPro-NNS H3739 ὃ o
was Simon's, Simon, the name of several Isr. N-GMS H4613 Σίμωνος simōnos
and asked to ask, question V-AIA-3S H2065 ἠρώτησεν ērōtēsen
him to put to put out (to sea), to return V-ANA H1877 ἐπαναγαγεῖν epanagagein
out a little way few, little, small Adj-ANS H3641 ὀλίγον oligon
from the land. the earth, land N-GFS H1093 γῆς gēs
And He sat down to make to sit down, to sit down V-APA-NMS H2523 καθίσας kathisas
and [began] teaching to teach V-IIA-3S H1321 ἐδίδασκεν edidasken
the people a crowd, multitude, the common people N-AMP H3793 ὄχλους ochlous
from the boat. a boat N-GNS H4143 πλοίου ploiou

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a son of Ham, also his desc. and their land

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New American Standard Bible 1995 And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat.
King James Bible And He got he entered into one of the boats, ships, which was Simon's, and asked prayed him to put that he would thrust out a little way from the land. And He he sat down down, and began teaching taught the people from out of the boat.ship.
Berean Bible And He got having entered into one of the boats, boats which was Simon's, and Simon’s, He asked him to put out off a little way from the land. And He having sat down and began down, He was teaching the people crowds from the boat.
Hebrew Greek English And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat.