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Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. (KJV)
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וְאַבְרָהָ֤םve.'av.ra.Hamand Abraham
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 17:15, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 17:18, Genesis 17:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0085; TAHOT Genesis 18:11 word 1
וְשָׂרָה֙ve.sa.Rahand Sarah
Lemma: שָׂרָה (sa.rah) · Strong's: H8283
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Sarah
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 17:15, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 17:19, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 18:6, Genesis 18:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8283; TAHOT Genesis 18:11 word 2
זְקֵנִ֔יםze.ke.Nim[were] old
Lemma: זָקֵן (za.qen) · Strong's: H2205H
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: old
Used 50 times. Also: Genesis 19:4, Genesis 24:2, Genesis 25:8, Genesis 35:29, Genesis 43:27, Genesis 44:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2205H; TAHOT Genesis 18:11 word 3
בָּאִ֖יםba.'Im[having] come
Lemma: בּוֹא (bo) · Strong's: H0935J
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HVqrmpa)
Meaning: to come (in): advanced
Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 24:1, Joshua 13:1, Joshua 23:1, Joshua 23:2, 1 Samuel 17:12, 1 Kings 1:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0935J; TAHOT Genesis 18:11 word 4
בַּיָּמִ֑יםbai.ya.Mimin <the> days
Lemma: יוֹם (yom) · Strong's: H3117I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: day: year
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 24:1, Genesis 41:1, Exodus 13:10, Leviticus 25:29, Joshua 13:1, Joshua 23:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3117I; TAHOT Genesis 18:11 word 5
חָדַל֙cha.Dalit had ceased
Lemma: חָדַל (cha.dal) · Strong's: H2308
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqp3ms)
Meaning: to cease
Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 11:8, Genesis 41:49, Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33, Exodus 9:34, Exodus 14:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2308; TAHOT Genesis 18:11 word 6
לִהְי֣וֹתlih.Yotto be
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)
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 18:11 word 7
לְשָׂרָ֔הle.sa.Rahto Sarah
Lemma: שָׂרָה (sa.rah) · Strong's: H8283
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Sarah
Used 38 times. Also: Genesis 17:15, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 17:19, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 18:6, Genesis 18:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8283; TAHOT Genesis 18:11 word 8
אֹ֖רַח'O.racha way
Lemma: אֹ֫רַח (o.rach) · Strong's: H0734
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: way
Used 57 times. Also: Genesis 49:17, Judges 5:6, Job 6:18, Job 6:19, Job 8:13, Job 13:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0734; TAHOT Genesis 18:11 word 9
כַּנָּשִֽׁים\׃ka.na.Shimlike <the> women
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNcmpa)
Meaning: woman
Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802G; TAHOT Genesis 18:11 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| And Abraham | → | אַבְרָהָם H0085 Abraham |
| and Sarah | → | שָׂרָה H8283 Sarah |
| were already old | → | זָקֵן H2205H old |
| and well along | → | בּוֹא H0935J to come (in): advanced |
| in years | → | יוֹם H3117I day: year |
| Sarah | → | שָׂרָה H8283 Sarah |
| had passed | → | חָדַל H2308 to cease |
| . . . | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| the age of childbearing | → | אֹ֫רַח H0734 way |
| . . . | → | אִשָּׁה H0802G woman |
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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