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And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be . (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 17:15 word 1
אֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimGod
Lemma: אֱלֹהִים (e.lo.him) · Strong's: H0430G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: God
Used 2382 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0430G; TAHOT Genesis 17:15 word 2
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 17:15 word 3
אַבְרָהָ֔ם'av.ra.HamAbraham
Lemma: אַבְרָהָם (av.ra.ham) · Strong's: H0085
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Abraham
Used 175 times. Also: Genesis 17:5, Genesis 17:9, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 17:18, Genesis 17:22, Genesis 17:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0085; TAHOT Genesis 17:15 word 4
שָׂרַ֣יsa.RaiSarai
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 17:15 word 5
אִשְׁתְּךָ֔'ish.te.Khawife your
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 17:15 word 6
לֹא\־lo'-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 17:15 word 7
תִקְרָ֥אtik.Ra'you will call
Lemma: קָרָא (qa.ra) · Strong's: H7121H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVqi2ms)
Meaning: to call: call by
Used 221 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7121H; TAHOT Genesis 17:15 word 8
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Genesis 17:15 word 9
שְׁמָ֖הּshe.Mahname 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 17:15 word 10
שָׂרָ֑יsa.RaiSarai
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 17:15 word 11
כִּ֥יkifor
Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A
Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)
Meaning: for
Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT Genesis 17:15 word 12
שָׂרָ֖הsa.Rah[is] Sarah
Lemma: שָׂרָה (sa.rah) · Strong's: H8283
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Sarah
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 17:17, Genesis 17:19, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 18:6, Genesis 18:9, Genesis 18:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8283; TAHOT Genesis 17:15 word 13
שְׁמָֽהּ\׃she.Mahname 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 17:15 word 14
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Then God | → | אֱלֹהִים H0430G God |
| said | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| to | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| Abraham | → | אַבְרָהָם H0085 Abraham |
| As for Sarai | → | שָׂרַי H8297 Sarai |
| your wife | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| do not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| call | → | קָרָא H7121H to call: call by |
| her | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| Sarai | → | שָׂרַי H8297 Sarai |
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| her name [is to be] | → | שֵׁם H8034 name |
| Sarah | → | שָׂרָה H8283 Sarah |
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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