Genesis 21:11 Go deeper

And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son. (KJV)

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וַיֵּ֧רַעvai.Ye.ra'and it was displeasing

Lemma: רָעַע (ra.a) · Strong's: H7489A

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: be evil

Used 99 times. Also: Genesis 19:7, Genesis 19:9, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 31:7, Genesis 38:10, Genesis 43:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7489A; TAHOT Genesis 21:11 word 1

הַדָּבָ֛רha.da.Varthe matter

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 18:14, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:21, Genesis 19:22, Genesis 20:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1697I; TAHOT Genesis 21:11 word 2

מְאֹ֖דme.'Odexceedingly

Lemma: מְאֹד (me.od) · Strong's: H3966

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAcmsa)

Meaning: much

Used 300 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 4:5, Genesis 7:18, Genesis 7:19, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 13:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3966; TAHOT Genesis 21:11 word 3

בְּעֵינֵ֣יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes of

Lemma: עַ֫יִן (a.yin) · Strong's: H5869I

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Dual · Construct (HNcfdc)

Meaning: eye: appearance

Used 153 times. Also: Genesis 16:6, Genesis 19:8, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 20:15, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 27:12 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5869I; TAHOT Genesis 21:11 word 4

אַבְרָהָ֑ם'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 17:15, Genesis 17:17, Genesis 17:18, Genesis 17:22 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0085; TAHOT Genesis 21:11 word 5

עַ֖ל'alon

Lemma: עַל (al) · Strong's: H5921A

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

Meaning: upon

Used 5756 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5921A; TAHOT Genesis 21:11 word 6

אוֹדֹ֥ת'o.Dot[the] causes of

Lemma: אוֹדָה (o.dah) · Strong's: H0182

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Construct (HNcfpc)

Meaning: because

Used 11 times. Also: Genesis 21:25, Genesis 26:32, Exodus 18:8, Numbers 12:1, Numbers 13:24, Joshua 14:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0182; TAHOT Genesis 21:11 word 7

בְּנֽוֹ\׃be.Noson his

Lemma: בֵּן (ben) · Strong's: H1121A

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

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 21:11 word 8

How the BSB renders it

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

Now this matter	→	דָּבָר H1697I word: thing
distressed	→	רָעַע H7489A be evil
. . .	→	עַ֫יִן H5869I eye: appearance
Abraham	→	אַבְרָהָם H0085 Abraham
greatly	→	מְאֹד H3966 much
because it concerned	→	אוֹדָה H0182 because
his son [Ishmael]	→	בֵּן H1121A son: child

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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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