Genesis 18:14 Go deeper
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Is any thing too hard for the LORD ? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. (KJV)
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הֲיִפָּלֵ֥אha.yi.pa.Le'¿ is it [too] difficult
Lemma: פָּלָא (pa.la) · Strong's: H6381
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNi3ms)
Meaning: to wonder
Used 71 times. Also: Exodus 3:20, Exodus 34:10, Leviticus 22:21, Leviticus 27:2, Numbers 6:2, Numbers 15:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6381; TAHOT Genesis 18:14 word 1
מֵיְהוָ֖הme.Yah.wehfor Yahweh
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 18:14 word 2
דָּבָ֑רda.Varanything
Lemma: דָּבָר (da.var) · Strong's: H1697I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: word: thing
Used 294 times. Also: Genesis 15:1, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 20:8, Genesis 20:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1697I; TAHOT Genesis 18:14 word 3
לַמּוֹעֵ֞דla.mo.'Edto the appointed time
Lemma: מוֹעֵד (mo.ed) · Strong's: H4150G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: meeting: time appointed
Used 39 times. Also: Genesis 1:14, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 21:2, Exodus 9:5, Exodus 13:10, Exodus 23:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4150G; TAHOT Genesis 18:14 word 4
אָשׁ֥וּב'a.ShuvI will return
Lemma: שׁוּב (shuv) · Strong's: H7725G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
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 18:14 word 5
אֵלֶ֛יךָ'e.Lei.khato you
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition · Definite (HRd)
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 18:14 word 6
כָּעֵ֥תka.'Etabout the time
Lemma: עֵת (et) · Strong's: H6256
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: time
Used 296 times. Also: Genesis 8:11, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 21:22, Genesis 24:11, Genesis 29:7, Genesis 31:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6256; TAHOT Genesis 18:14 word 7
חַיָּ֖הchai.Yahliving
Lemma: חַי (chay) · Strong's: H2416A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: alive
Used 242 times. Also: Genesis 1:20, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 1:30, Genesis 2:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2416A; TAHOT Genesis 18:14 word 8
וּלְשָׂרָ֥הu.le.sa.Rahand [will belong] to 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 18:14 word 9
בֵֽן\׃Vena son
Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: son: child
Used 3039 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:25, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1121A; TAHOT Genesis 18:14 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Is anything | → | דָּבָר H1697I word: thing |
| too difficult | → | פָּלָא H6381 to wonder |
| for the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| At the appointed time | → | מוֹעֵד H4150G meeting: time appointed |
| I will return | → | שׁוּב H7725G to return: return |
| to you | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| in about a year | → | עֵת H6256 time |
| . . . | → | חַי H2416A alive |
| and Sarah | → | שָׂרָה H8283 Sarah |
| will have a son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
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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