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And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 16:9 word 1
מַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'Akh[the] angel of
Lemma: מַלְאָךְ (ma.le.akh) · Strong's: H4397H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: messenger: angel
Used 110 times. Also: Genesis 16:7, Genesis 16:10, Genesis 16:11, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 21:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4397H; TAHOT Genesis 16:9 word 2
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Genesis 16:9 word 3
שׁ֖וּבִיShu.vireturn
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to return: return
Used 621 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 8:3, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 8:12, Genesis 14:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7725G; TAHOT Genesis 16:9 word 4
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Genesis 16:9 word 5
גְּבִרְתֵּ֑ךְge.vir.Tekhmistress your
Lemma: גְּבֶ֫רֶת (ge.ve.ret) · Strong's: H1404
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: lady
Used 9 times. Also: Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:8, 2 Kings 5:3, Psalms 123:2, Proverbs 30:23, Isaiah 24:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1404; TAHOT Genesis 16:9 word 6
וְהִתְעַנִּ֖יve.hit.'a.Niand humble yourself
Lemma: עָנָה (a.nah) · Strong's: H6031B
Parsing: Verb · Hithpael (hence Action · Reflexive/iterative) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVtv2fs)
Meaning: to afflict
Used 80 times. Also: Genesis 15:13, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 31:50, Genesis 34:2, Exodus 1:11, Exodus 1:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6031B; TAHOT Genesis 16:9 word 7
תַּ֥חַתTa.chatunder
Lemma: תַּחַת (ta.chat) · Strong's: H8478G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: underneath: under
Used 238 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 18:4, Genesis 18:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8478G; TAHOT Genesis 16:9 word 8
יָדֶֽיהָ\׃ya.Dei.hahands her
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027K
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Dual · Construct (HNcbdc)
Meaning: hand: to
Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 24:10, Genesis 32:13, Genesis 32:16, Genesis 33:19, Genesis 34:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027K; TAHOT Genesis 16:9 word 9
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| So the angel | → | מַלְאָךְ H4397H messenger: angel |
| of the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| told | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| her | → | |
| Return | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| your mistress | → | גְּבֶ֫רֶת H1404 lady |
| and submit | → | עָנָה H6031B to afflict |
| to her authority | → | תַּחַת H8478G underneath: under |
| . . . | → | יָד H3027K hand: to |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
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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