Genesis 16:1 Go deeper

Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. (KJV)

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וְשָׂרַי֙ve.sa.Raiand Sarai

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

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)

Meaning: Sarai

Used 17 times. Also: Genesis 11:29, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:5, Genesis 12:11, Genesis 12:17 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8297; TAHOT Genesis 16:1 word 1

אֵ֣שֶׁת'E.shet[the] wife of

Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)

Meaning: woman: wife

Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Genesis 16:1 word 2

אַבְרָ֔ם'av.RamAbram

Lemma: אַבְרָם (av.ram) · Strong's: H0087

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Abram

Used 61 times. Also: Genesis 11:26, Genesis 11:27, Genesis 11:29, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:1, Genesis 12:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0087; TAHOT Genesis 16:1 word 3

לֹ֥אlo'not

Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808

Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)

Meaning: not

Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Genesis 16:1 word 4

יָלְדָ֖הYal.dahshe had borne children

Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)

Meaning: to beget

Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Genesis 16:1 word 5

שִׁפְחָ֥הshif.Chaha maidservant

Lemma: שִׁפְחָה (shiph.chah) · Strong's: H8198

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: maidservant

Used 63 times. Also: Genesis 12:16, Genesis 16:2, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 16:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8198; TAHOT Genesis 16:1 word 6

מִצְרִ֖יתmitz.RitEgyptian

Lemma: מִצְרִי (mits.ri) · Strong's: H4713

Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNgfsa)

Meaning: Egyptian

Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 12:12, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 21:9, Genesis 25:12, Genesis 39:1 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4713; TAHOT Genesis 16:1 word 7

וּשְׁמָ֥הּu.she.Mahand name her

Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034

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

Meaning: name

Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Genesis 16:1 word 8

הָגָֽר\׃ha.Gar[was] Hagar

Lemma: הָגָר (ha.gar) · Strong's: H1904

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)

Meaning: Hagar

Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 16:3, Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:8, Genesis 16:15, Genesis 16:16, Genesis 21:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1904; TAHOT Genesis 16:1 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

Now Abram’s	→	אַבְרָם H0087 Abram
wife	→	אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife
Sarai	→	שָׂרַי H8297 Sarai
had borne	→	יָלַד H3205 to beget
him	→
no [children]	→	לֹא H3808 not
but	→
she had an Egyptian	→	מִצְרִי H4713 Egyptian
maidservant	→	שִׁפְחָה H8198 maidservant
named	→	שֵׁם H8034 name
Hagar	→	הָגָר H1904 Hagar

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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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