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Genesis 16:5

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And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.	And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong [be] upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.	But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid [is] in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Sarai^H8297 said^H559 unto Abram^H87, My wrong^H2555 be upon thee: I have given^H5414 my maid^H8198 into thy bosom^H2436; and when she saw^H7200 that she had conceived^H2029, I was despised^H7043 in her eyes^H5869: the LORD^H3068 judge^H8199 between me and thee.

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Original Hebrew

וַתֹּאמֶר שָׂרַי אֶל־אַבְרָם חֲמָסִי עָלֶיךָ אָנֹכִי נָתַתִּי שִׁפְחָתִי בְּחֵיקֶךָ וַתֵּרֶא כִּי הָרָתָה וָאֵקַל בְּעֵינֶיהָ יִשְׁפֹּט יְהוָה בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶיךָ ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר	va./To.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she said
שָׂרַ֣י	sa.Rai	H8297	HNp	Sarai
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
אַבְרָם֮	'av.Ram	H87	HNp	Abram
חֲמָסִ֣/י	cha.ma.S/i	H2555	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	injustice/ my
עָלֶי/ךָ֒	'a.lei./Kha	H5921	HR/Sp2ms	(is) on/ you
אָנֹכִ֗י	'a.no.Khi	H595	HPp1cs	I
נָתַ֤תִּי	na.Ta.ti	H5414	HVqp1cs	I put
שִׁפְחָתִ/י֙	shif.cha.T/i	H8198	HNcfsc/Sp1cs	maidservant/ my
בְּ/חֵיקֶ֔/ךָ	be./chei.Ke./cha	H2436	HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms	in/ bosom/ your
וַ/תֵּ֨רֶא֙	va./Te.re'	H7200	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she has seen
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	that
הָרָ֔תָה	ha.Ra.tah	H2029	HVqp3fs	she had conceived
וָ/אֵקַ֖ל	va./'e.Kal	H7043	HC/Vqw1cs	and/ I have become insignificant
בְּ/עֵינֶ֑י/הָ	be./'ei.Nei./ha	H5869	HR/Ncbdc/Sp3fs	in/ view/ her
יִשְׁפֹּ֥ט	yish.Pot	H8199	HVqj3ms	may he judge
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
בֵּינִ֥/י	bei./Ni	H996	HR/Sp1cs	between/ me
וּ/בֵינֶֽיׄ/ךָ	u./vei.Nei./kha	H996	HC/R/Sp2ms	and/ between/ you

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.
• 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.
• H2029 — הָרָה (hârâh, haw-raw'): a primitive root; to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively); been, be with child, conceive, progenitor.
• H2436 — חֵיק (chêyq, khake): or חֵק; and חוֹק; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom (literally or figuratively); bosom, bottom, lap, midst, within.
• H2555 — חָמָס (châmâç, khaw-mawce'): from חָמַס; violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain; cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, [idiom] oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
• 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.
• 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.
• H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
• H7043 — קָלַל (qâlal, kaw-lal'): a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.); abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), [idiom] slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• 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.
• H8199 — שָׁפַט (shâphaṭ, shaw-fat'): a primitive root; to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively); [phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule.
• 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).
• H595 — אָנֹכִי (ʼânôkîy, aw-no-kee'): sometimes, aw-no'-kee; a primitive pronoun; I; I, me, [idiom] which.
• H996 — בֵּין (bêyn, bane): (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from בִּין; a distinction; but used only as a preposition,; between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or; among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• 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.

Cross References

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

• My wrong — Luke 10:40-41
• the Lord — Genesis 31:53, Exodus 5:21, 1 Samuel 24:12-15, 2 Chronicles 24:22, Psalms 7:8, Psalms 35:23, Psalms 43:1

Reciprocal references (7): Genesis 16:3, Deuteronomy 13:6, Judges 11:10, Judges 11:27, 1 Samuel 20:23, 1 Kings 1:2, 1 Timothy 6:2

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: HOME, SARAH OR SARAI, STEWARDSHIP-OWNERSHIP
• Nave’s: ENVY, FAMILY, GOD, JEALOUSY, RESPONSIBILITY, SARAH

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