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Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. (KJV)
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ק֚וּמִיKu.miarise
Lemma: קוּם (qum) · Strong's: H6965B
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to arise: rise
Used 376 times. Also: Genesis 4:8, Genesis 13:17, Genesis 18:16, Genesis 19:1, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 19:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6965B; TAHOT Genesis 21:18 word 1
שְׂאִ֣יse.'Ilift up
Lemma: נָשָׂא (na.sa) · Strong's: H5375G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVqv2fs)
Meaning: to lift: raise
Used 131 times. Also: Genesis 27:3, Genesis 31:17, Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:19, Genesis 40:20, Exodus 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5375G; TAHOT Genesis 21:18 word 2
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 21:18 word 3
הַנַּ֔עַרha.Na.'arthe lad
Lemma: נַ֫עַר (na.ar) · Strong's: H5288
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: youth
Used 239 times. Also: Genesis 14:24, Genesis 18:7, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 21:12, Genesis 21:17, Genesis 21:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5288; TAHOT Genesis 21:18 word 4
וְהַחֲזִ֥יקִיve.ha.cha.Zi.kiand take hold
Lemma: חָזַק (cha.zaq) · Strong's: H2388H
Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Feminine · Singular (HVhv2fs)
Meaning: to strengthen: hold
Used 71 times. Also: Genesis 19:16, Exodus 4:4, Exodus 9:2, Deuteronomy 22:25, Deuteronomy 25:11, Judges 7:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2388H; TAHOT Genesis 21:18 word 5
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 21:18 word 6
יָדֵ֖ךְya.Dekhhand your
Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)
Meaning: hand
Used 722 times. Also: Genesis 3:22, Genesis 4:11, Genesis 5:29, Genesis 8:9, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 14:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3027G; TAHOT Genesis 21:18 word 7
כִּֽי\־ki-for
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 21:18 word 8
לְג֥וֹיle.Goyinto a nation
Lemma: גּוֹי (goy) · Strong's: H1471A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: nation
Used 548 times. Also: Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20, Genesis 10:31, Genesis 10:32, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1471A; TAHOT Genesis 21:18 word 9
גָּד֖וֹלga.Dolgreat
Lemma: גָּדוֹל (ga.dol) · Strong's: H1419A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: great: large
Used 495 times. Also: Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 4:13, Genesis 10:12, Genesis 12:2, Genesis 12:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1419A; TAHOT Genesis 21:18 word 10
אֲשִׂימֶֽנּוּ\׃'a.si.Me.nuI will make him
Lemma: שׂוּם (sum) · Strong's: H7760A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVqi1cs)
Meaning: to set: make
Used 272 times. Also: Genesis 6:16, Genesis 13:16, Genesis 21:13, Genesis 27:37, Genesis 28:18, Genesis 28:22 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7760A; TAHOT Genesis 21:18 word 11
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Get up | → | קוּם H6965B to arise: rise |
| lift up | → | נָשָׂא H5375G to lift: raise |
| the boy | → | נַ֫עַר H5288 youth |
| and take | → | חָזַק H2388H to strengthen: hold |
| him | → | |
| by the hand | → | יָד H3027G hand |
| for | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| I will make him | → | שׂוּם H7760A to set: make |
| into a great | → | גָּדוֹל H1419A great: large |
| nation | → | גּוֹי H1471A nation |
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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