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And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. (KJV)
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וַיֶּעְתַּ֨רvai.ye'.Tarand he prayed
Lemma: עָתַר (a.tar) · Strong's: H6279
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to pray
Used 20 times. Also: Exodus 8:8, Exodus 8:9, Exodus 8:28, Exodus 8:29, Exodus 8:30, Exodus 9:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6279; TAHOT Genesis 25:21 word 1
יִצְחָ֤קyitz.ChakIsaac
Lemma: יִצְחָק (yits.chaq) · Strong's: H3327
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Isaac
Used 108 times. Also: Genesis 17:19, Genesis 17:21, Genesis 21:3, Genesis 21:4, Genesis 21:5, Genesis 21:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3327; TAHOT Genesis 25:21 word 2
לַֽיהוָה֙la.Yah.wehto Yahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Genesis 25:21 word 3
לְנֹ֣כַחle.No.khachto before
Lemma: נֹ֫כַח (no.khach) · Strong's: H5227
Parsing: Acmsc (Acmsc)
Meaning: before
Used 25 times. Also: Genesis 30:38, Exodus 14:2, Exodus 26:35, Exodus 40:24, Numbers 19:4, Joshua 15:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5227; TAHOT Genesis 25:21 word 4
אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ'ish.Towife his
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Genesis 25:21 word 5
כִּ֥יkifor
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 25:21 word 6
עֲקָרָ֖ה'a.ka.Rah[was] barren
Lemma: עָקָר (a.qar) · Strong's: H6135
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HAafsa)
Meaning: barren
Used 12 times. Also: Genesis 11:30, Genesis 29:31, Exodus 23:26, Deuteronomy 7:14, Judges 13:2, Judges 13:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6135; TAHOT Genesis 25:21 word 7
הִ֑ואhi'she
Lemma: הוּא (hu) · Strong's: H1931
Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Third · Feminine · Singular (HPp3fs)
Meaning: he/she/it
Used 1869 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1931; TAHOT Genesis 25:21 word 8
וַיֵּעָ֤תֶרvai.ye.'A.terand he was entreated
Lemma: עָתַר (a.tar) · Strong's: H6279
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNw3ms)
Meaning: to pray
Used 20 times. Also: Exodus 8:8, Exodus 8:9, Exodus 8:28, Exodus 8:29, Exodus 8:30, Exodus 9:28 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6279; TAHOT Genesis 25:21 word 9
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh
Lemma: יְהֹוָה (ye.ho.vah) · Strong's: H3068G
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Title (HNpt)
Meaning: LORD
Used 6519 times. Also: Genesis 2:4, Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3068G; TAHOT Genesis 25:21 word 10
וַתַּ֖הַרva.Ta.harand she conceived
Lemma: הָרָה (ha.rah) · Strong's: H2029
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqw3fs)
Meaning: to conceive
Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 4:1, Genesis 4:17, Genesis 16:4, Genesis 16:5, Genesis 19:36, Genesis 21:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2029; TAHOT Genesis 25:21 word 11
רִבְקָ֥הriv.KahRebekah
Lemma: רִבְקָה (riv.qah) · Strong's: H7259
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)
Meaning: Rebekah
Used 30 times. Also: Genesis 22:23, Genesis 24:15, Genesis 24:29, Genesis 24:30, Genesis 24:45, Genesis 24:51 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7259; TAHOT Genesis 25:21 word 12
אִשְׁתּֽוֹ\׃'ish.Towife his
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802H
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Construct (HNcfsc)
Meaning: woman: wife
Used 442 times. Also: Genesis 2:24, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 3:20, Genesis 3:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802H; TAHOT Genesis 25:21 word 13
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Later, Isaac | → | יִצְחָק H3327 Isaac |
| prayed | → | עָתַר H6279 to pray |
| to the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| on behalf of | → | נֹ֫כַח H5227 before |
| his wife | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| because | → | כִּי H3588A for |
| she | → | הוּא H1931 he/she/it |
| [was] barren | → | עָקָר H6135 barren |
| And the LORD | → | יְהֹוָה H3068G LORD |
| heard his prayer | → | עָתַר H6279 to pray |
| and his wife | → | אִשָּׁה H0802H woman: wife |
| Rebekah | → | רִבְקָה H7259 Rebekah |
| conceived | → | הָרָה H2029 to conceive |
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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