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Genesis 16:2

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Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Hagar.	And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.	And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Sarai^H8297 said^H559 unto Abram^H87, Behold now, the LORD^H3068 hath restrained me^H6113 from bearing^H3205: I pray thee, go in^H935 unto my maid^H8198; it may^H194 be that I may obtain children^H1129 by her. And Abram^H87 hearkened^H8085 to the voice^H6963 of Sarai^H8297.

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Original Hebrew

וַתֹּאמֶר שָׂרַי אֶל־אַבְרָם הִנֵּה־נָא עֲצָרַנִי יְהוָה מִלֶּדֶת בֹּא־נָא אֶל־שִׁפְחָתִי אוּלַי אִבָּנֶה מִמֵּנָּה וַיִּשְׁמַע אַבְרָם לְקֹול שָׂרָי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר	va./To.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she said
שָׂרַ֜י	sa.Rai	H8297	HNp	Sarai
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
אַבְרָ֗ם	'av.Ram	H87	HNp	Abram
הִנֵּה	hi.neh-	H2009	HTm	here!
נָ֞א	na'	H4994	HTe	please
עֲצָרַ֤/נִי	'a.tza.Ra./ni	H6113	HVqp3ms/Sp1cs	he has restrained/ me
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
מִ/לֶּ֔דֶת	mi./Le.det	H3205	HR/Vqc	from/ bearing children
בֹּא	bo'-	H935	HVqv2ms	go
נָא֙	na'	H4994	HTe	please
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	into
שִׁפְחָתִ֔/י	shif.cha.T/i	H8198	HNcfsc/Sp1cs	maidservant/ my
אוּלַ֥י	'u.Lai	H194	HD	perhaps
אִבָּנֶ֖ה	'i.ba.Neh	H1129	HVNi1cs	I will be built up
מִמֶּ֑/נָּה	min	H4480	HR/Sp3fs
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֥ע	va/i.yish.Ma'	H8085	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he listened
אַבְרָ֖ם	'av.Ram	H87	HNp	Abram
לְ/ק֥וֹל	le./Kol	H6963	HR/Ncmsc	to/ (the) voice of
שָׂרָֽי	sa.Rai	H8297	HNp	Sarai

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

Strong's References

• H87 — אַבְרָם (ʼAbrâm, ab-rawm'): contracted from אֲבִירָם; high father; Abram, the original name of Abraham; Abram.
• H194 — אוּלַי (ʼûwlay, oo-lah'ee): or (shortened) אֻלַי; from אוֹ; if not; hence perhaps; if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H1129 — בָּנָה (bânâh, baw-naw'): a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3205 — יָלַד (yâlad, yaw-lad'): a primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage; bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).
• H6113 — עָצָר (ʻâtsâr, aw-tsar'): a primitive root; to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble; [idiom] be able, close up, detain, fast, keep (self close, still), prevail, recover, refrain, [idiom] reign, restrain, retain, shut (up), slack, stay, stop, withhold (self).
• H6963 — קוֹל (qôwl, kole): or קֹל; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound; [phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
• H8198 — שִׁפְחָה (shiphchâh, shif-khaw'): feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see מִשְׁפָּחָה); a female slave (as a member of the household); (bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.
• H8297 — שָׂרַי (Sâray, saw-rah'-ee): from שַׂר; dominative; Sarai, the wife of Abraham; Sarai.

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

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
• H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
• H4994 — נָא (nâʼ, naw): a primitive particle of incitement and entreaty, which may usually be rendered; 'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction; I beseech (pray) thee (you), go to, now, oh.

Cross References

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

• hearkened — Genesis 3:1-6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 3:17
• obtain children — Genesis 30:3, Genesis 30:6, Exodus 21:4
• the Lord — Genesis 17:16, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 20:18, Genesis 25:21, Genesis 30:2-3, Genesis 30:9, Genesis 30:22, Psalms 127:3

Reciprocal references (6): Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, 1 Samuel 1:2, Luke 1:7, Acts 7:5, Galatians 4:22

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ISHMAEL, SARAH OR SARAI
• Nave’s: CHILDLESSNESS, SARAH, SERVANT

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