Genesis 21:24 Go deeper

And Abraham said, I will swear. (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.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 21:24 word 1

אַבְרָהָ֔ם'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 21:24 word 2

אָנֹכִ֖י'a.no.KhiI

Lemma: אָֽנֹכִ֫י (a.no.khi) · Strong's: H0595

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · First · Either gender · Singular (HPp1bs)

Meaning: I

Used 359 times. Also: Genesis 3:10, Genesis 4:9, Genesis 7:4, Genesis 15:1, Genesis 15:2, Genesis 15:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0595; TAHOT Genesis 21:24 word 3

אִשָּׁבֵֽעַ\׃'i.sha.Ve.a'I will swear

Lemma: שָׁבַע (sha.va) · Strong's: H7650

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/cohortative) · First · Either gender · Singular (HVNi1cs)

Meaning: to swear

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 21:23, Genesis 21:31, Genesis 22:16, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 24:7, Genesis 24:9 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7650; TAHOT Genesis 21:24 word 4

How the BSB renders it

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

And Abraham	→	אַבְרָהָם H0085 Abraham
replied	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
I	→	אָֽנֹכִ֫י H0595 I
swear it.	→	שָׁבַע H7650 to swear

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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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