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Genesis 15:10

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And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.	And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.	And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he took^H3947 unto him all these, and divided^H1334 them in the midst^H8432, and laid^H5414 each^H376 piece^H1335 one against^H7125 another^H7453: but the birds^H6833 divided^H1334 he not.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּקַּח־לֹו אֶת־כָּל־אֵלֶּה וַיְבַתֵּר אֹתָם בַּתָּוֶךְ וַיִּתֵּן אִישׁ־בִּתְרֹו לִקְרַאת רֵעֵהוּ וְאֶת־הַצִפֹּר לֹא בָתָר׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּֽקַּֽח	va/i.yi.kach-	H3947	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he brought
ל֣/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to (the)/ him
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
אֵ֗לֶּה	'E.leh	H428	HPdxcp	these
וַ/יְבַתֵּ֤ר	va/y.va.Ter	H1334	HC/Vpw3ms	and/ he cut in pieces
אֹתָ/ם֙	'o.Ta/m	H853	HTo/Sp3mp	(obj.)/ them
בַּ/תָּ֔וֶךְ	ba./Ta.vekh	H8432	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ middle
וַ/יִּתֵּ֥ן	va/i.yi.Ten	H5414	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he set
אִישׁ	'ish-	H376	HNcmsa	each
בִּתְר֖/וֹ	bit.R/o	H1335	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	piece/ its
לִ/קְרַ֣את	li/k.Rat	H7125	HR/Vqc	to/ meet
רֵעֵ֑/הוּ	re.'E./hu	H7453	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	neighbor/ its
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
הַ/צִפֹּ֖ר	ha./tzi.Por	H6833	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ bird(s)
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
בָתָֽר	va.Tar	H1334	HVqp3ms	he cut in two

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H1334 — בָּתַר (bâthar, baw-thar'): a primitive root,; to chop up; divide.
• H1335 — בֶּתֶר (bether, beh'-ther): from בָּתַר; a section; part, piece.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H6833 — צִפּוֹר (tsippôwr, tsip-pore'): or צִפֹּר; from צָפַר; a little bird (as hopping); bird, fowl, sparrow.
• H7125 — קִרְאָה (qirʼâh, keer-aw'): from קָרָא; an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite); [idiom] against (he come), help, meet, seek, [idiom] to, [idiom] in the way.
• H7453 — רֵעַ (rêaʻ, ray'-ah): or רֵיעַ; from רָעָה; an associate (more or less close); brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.
• H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H428 — אֵלֶּה (ʼêl-leh, ale'-leh): prolonged from אֵל; these or those; an-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• divided them — Jeremiah 34:18-19, 2 Timothy 2:15
• the birds — Leviticus 1:17

Reciprocal references (1): Deuteronomy 29:12

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: COVENANT, THE, COVENANTS, SACRIFICES, SHEEP
• Nave’s: ABRAHAM, CONDESCENSION OF GOD, COVENANT, SIGN, SYMBOLS AND SIMILITUDES, VISION

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