Genesis 15:11[edit | edit source]

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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.	And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

Verse Text[edit | edit source]

And when the fowls^H5861 came down^H3381 upon the carcases^H6297, Abram^H87 drove them away^H5380.

וַיֵּרֶד הָעַיִט עַל־הַפְּגָרִים וַיַּשֵּׁב אֹתָם אַבְרָם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֵּ֥רֶד	va/i.Ye.red	H3381	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ it came down
הָ/עַ֖יִט	ha./'A.yit	H5861	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ bird(s) of prey
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
הַ/פְּגָרִ֑ים	ha./pe.ga.Rim	H6297	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ carcasses
וַ/יַּשֵּׁ֥ב	va/i.ya.Shev	H5380	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he drove away
אֹתָ֖/ם	'o.Ta/m	H853	HTo/Sp3mp	(obj.)/ them
אַבְרָֽם	'av.Ram	H87	HNp	Abram

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

H87 — אַבְרָם (ʼAbrâm, ab-rawm'): contracted from אֲבִירָם; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham; Abram.
H3381 — יָרַד (yârad, yaw-rad'): a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
H5380 — נָשַׁב (nâshab, naw-shab'): a primitive root; to blow; by implication, to disperse; (cause to) blow, drive away.
H5861 — עַיִט (ʻayiṭ, ah'-yit): from עִיט; a hawk or other bird of prey; bird, fowl, ravenous (bird).
H6297 — פֶּגֶר (peger, peh'gher): from פָּגַר; a carcase (as limp), whether of man or beast; figuratively, an idolatrous image; carcase, corpse, dead body.

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

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).
H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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