Genesis 21:9 Go deeper
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And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. (KJV)
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וַתֵּ֨רֶאva.Te.re'and she saw
Lemma: רָאָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7200G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to see: see
Used 1189 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7200G; TAHOT Genesis 21:9 word 1
שָׂרָ֜הsa.RahSarah
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 18:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8283; TAHOT Genesis 21:9 word 2
אֶֽת\־'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 21:9 word 3
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son of
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 21:9 word 4
הָגָ֧רha.GarHagar
Lemma: הָגָר (ha.gar) · Strong's: H1904
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Hagar
Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 16:1, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:8, Genesis 16:15, Genesis 16:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1904; TAHOT Genesis 21:9 word 5
הַמִּצְרִ֛יתha.mitz.Ritthe Egyptian
Lemma: מִצְרִי (mits.ri) · Strong's: H4713
Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNgfsa)
Meaning: Egyptian
Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 12:12, Genesis 12:14, Genesis 16:1, Genesis 16:3, Genesis 25:12, Genesis 39:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4713; TAHOT Genesis 21:9 word 6
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whom
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 21:9 word 7
יָלְדָ֥הYal.dahshe had borne
Lemma: יָלַד (ya.lad) · Strong's: H3205
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqp3fs)
Meaning: to beget
Used 493 times. Also: Genesis 3:16, Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 4:18, Genesis 4:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3205; TAHOT Genesis 21:9 word 8
לְאַבְרָהָ֖םle.'av.ra.Hamto Abraham
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 21:9 word 9
מְצַחֵֽק\׃me.tza.Chekmocking
Lemma: צָחַק (tsa.chaq) · Strong's: H6711
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVprmsa)
Meaning: to laugh
Used 13 times. Also: Genesis 17:17, Genesis 18:12, Genesis 18:13, Genesis 18:15, Genesis 19:14, Genesis 21:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6711; TAHOT Genesis 21:9 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| But Sarah | → | שָׂרָה H8283 Sarah |
| saw that | → | רָאָה H7200G to see: see |
| the son | → | בֵּן H1121A son: child |
| whom | → | אֲשֶׁר H0834A which |
| Hagar | → | הָגָר H1904 Hagar |
| the Egyptian | → | מִצְרִי H4713 Egyptian |
| had borne | → | יָלַד H3205 to beget |
| to Abraham | → | אַבְרָהָם H0085 Abraham |
| was mocking [her son] | → | צָחַק H6711 to laugh |
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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