Genesis 18:9 Go deeper

And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. (KJV)

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וַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

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 18:9 word 1

אֵׄלָׄ֔יׄוׄ'e.Lavto him

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 18:9 word 2

אַיֵּ֖ה'ai.Yehwhere?

Lemma: אַיֵּה (ay.yeh) · Strong's: H0346

Parsing: Particle · Interrogative (HTi)

Meaning: where?

Used 44 times. Also: Genesis 19:5, Genesis 22:7, Genesis 38:21, Judges 6:13, Judges 9:38, 2 Samuel 16:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0346; TAHOT Genesis 18:9 word 3

שָׂרָ֣הsa.Rah[is] 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 18:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8283; TAHOT Genesis 18:9 word 4

אִשְׁתֶּ֑ךָ'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 18:9 word 5

וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.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 18:9 word 6

הִנֵּ֥הhi.Nehthere!

Lemma: הִנֵּה (hin.neh) · Strong's: H2009

Parsing: Particle · Interjection (HTj)

Meaning: behold

Used 841 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:31, Genesis 6:12, Genesis 6:17, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 8:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2009; TAHOT Genesis 18:9 word 7

בָאֹֽהֶל\׃va.'O.helin the tent

Lemma: אֹ֫הֶל (o.hel) · Strong's: H0168G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: tent

Used 327 times. Also: Genesis 4:20, Genesis 9:27, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0168G; TAHOT Genesis 18:9 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Where	→	אַיֵּה H0346 where?
is your wife	→	אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife
Sarah	→	שָׂרָה H8283 Sarah
they asked	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
. . .	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
There	→	הִנֵּה H2009 behold
in the tent	→	אֹ֫הֶל H0168G tent
he replied	→	אָמַר H0559 to say

King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source

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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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