Genesis 11:30 Go deeper

But Sarai was barren; she had no child. (KJV)

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וַתְּהִ֥יva.te.Hiand she was

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Genesis 11:30 word 1

שָׂרַ֖יsa.RaiSarai

Lemma: שָׂרַי (sa.ray) · Strong's: H8297

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)

Meaning: Sarai

Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 11:29, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:5, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:17, Genesis 16:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8297; TAHOT Genesis 11:30 word 2

עֲקָרָ֑ה'a.ka.Rahbarren

Lemma: עָקָר (a.qar) · Strong's: H6135

Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)

Meaning: barren

Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 25:21, Genesis 29:31, Exodus 23:26, Deuteronomy 7:14, Judges 13:2, Judges 13:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6135; TAHOT Genesis 11:30 word 3

אֵ֥ין'einnot

Lemma: אַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H0369

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: nothing

Used 786 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 5:24, Genesis 7:8, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:7, Genesis 20:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0369; TAHOT Genesis 11:30 word 4

וָלָֽד\׃va.Lada child

Lemma: וָלָד (va.lad) · Strong's: H2056

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: child

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2056; TAHOT Genesis 11:30 word 5

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

But Sarai	→	שָׂרַי H8297 Sarai
was	→	הָיָה H1961 to be
barren	→	עָקָר H6135 barren
she had	→
no	→	אַ֫יִן H0369 nothing
children	→	וָלָד H2056 child

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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