Genesis 21:29 Go deeper

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.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 21:29 word 1

אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhAbimelech

Lemma: אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ (a.vi.me.lekh) · Strong's: H0040G

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Abimelech

Used 24 times. Also: Genesis 20:2, Genesis 20:3, Genesis 20:4, Genesis 20:8, Genesis 20:9, Genesis 20:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0040G; TAHOT Genesis 21:29 word 2

אֶל\־'el-to

Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413

Parsing: Preposition (HR)

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 21:29 word 3

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 21:29 word 4

מָ֣הmahwhat?

Lemma: מָה (mah) · Strong's: H4100

Parsing: Pronoun · Interrogative (HPi)

Meaning: what?

Used 748 times. Also: Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 4:6, Genesis 4:10, Genesis 12:18, Genesis 12:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4100; TAHOT Genesis 21:29 word 5

הֵ֗נָּהHe.nah[are] they

Lemma: הֵנָּה (hen.nah) · Strong's: H2007

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Plural (HPp3fp)

Meaning: they(fem.)

Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 6:2, Genesis 33:6, Genesis 41:26, Genesis 41:27, Exodus 1:19, Exodus 9:32 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H2007; TAHOT Genesis 21:29 word 6

שֶׁ֤בַעShe.va'seven

Lemma: שֶׁ֫בַע (she.va) · Strong's: H7651

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HAcbsa)

Meaning: seven

Used 392 times. Also: Genesis 4:24, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:25, Genesis 5:26, Genesis 5:31, Genesis 7:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7651; TAHOT Genesis 21:29 word 7

כְּבָשֹׂת֙ke.va.Sotewe-lambs

Lemma: כִּבְשָׂה (kiv.sah) · Strong's: H3535

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)

Meaning: ewe-lamb

Used 8 times. Also: Genesis 21:28, Genesis 21:30, Leviticus 14:10, Numbers 6:14, 2 Samuel 12:3, 2 Samuel 12:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3535; TAHOT Genesis 21:29 word 8

הָאֵ֔לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> these

Lemma: אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) · Strong's: H0428

Parsing: Particle · Demonstrative (HTm)

Meaning: these

Used 745 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 6:9, Genesis 9:19, Genesis 10:1, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 10:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0428; TAHOT Genesis 21:29 word 9

אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich

Lemma: אֲשֶׁר (a.sher) · Strong's: H0834A

Parsing: Particle · Relative (HTr)

Meaning: which

Used 4952 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:29, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0834A; TAHOT Genesis 21:29 word 10

הִצַּ֖בְתָּhi.Tzav.tayou have set

Lemma: נָצַב (na.tsav) · Strong's: H5324

Parsing: Verb · Hiphil (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Second · Masculine · Singular (HVhp2ms)

Meaning: to stand

Used 74 times. Also: Genesis 18:2, Genesis 21:28, Genesis 24:13, Genesis 24:43, Genesis 28:12, Genesis 28:13 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5324; TAHOT Genesis 21:29 word 11

לְבַדָּֽנָה\׃le.va.Da.nahto alone them

Lemma: בַּד (bad) · Strong's: H0905H

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

Meaning: alone

Used 116 times. Also: Genesis 2:18, Genesis 21:28, Genesis 30:40, Genesis 32:16, Genesis 32:24, Genesis 42:38 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0905H; TAHOT Genesis 21:29 word 12

How the BSB renders it

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

and Abimelech	→	אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ H0040G Abimelech
asked	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
. . .	→	אֶל H0413 to(wards)
[him]	→	אַבְרָהָם H0085 Abraham
Why	→	מָה H4100 what?
. . .	→	הֵנָּה H2007 they(fem.)
have you set apart	→	נָצַב H5324 to stand
. . .	→	בַּד H0905H alone
these	→	אֵ֫לֶּה H0428 these
seven	→	שֶׁ֫בַע H7651 seven
ewe lambs	→	כִּבְשָׂה H3535 ewe-lamb

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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