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Genesis 17:15

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And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.	And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah [shall] her name [be].	And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be [a mother] of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And God^H430 said^H559 unto Abraham^H85, As for Sarai^H8297 thy wife^H802, thou shalt not call^H7121 her name^H8034 Sarai^H8297, but^H3588 Sarah^H8283 shall her name^H8034 be.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל־אַבְרָהָם שָׂרַי אִשְׁתְּךָ לֹא־תִקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמָהּ שָׂרָי כִּי שָׂרָה שְׁמָהּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אֱלֹהִים֙	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
אַבְרָהָ֔ם	'av.ra.Ham	H85	HNp	Abraham
שָׂרַ֣י	sa.Rai	H8297	HNp	Sarai
אִשְׁתְּ/ךָ֔	'ish.te./Kha	H802	HNcfsc/Sp2ms	wife/ your
לֹא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
תִקְרָ֥א	tik.Ra'	H7121	HVqi2ms	you will call
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
שְׁמָ֖/הּ	she.Ma/h	H8034	HNcmsc/Sp3fs	name/ her
שָׂרָ֑י	sa.Rai	H8297	HNp	Sarai
כִּ֥י	ki	H3588	HC	for
שָׂרָ֖ה	sa.Rah	H8283	HNp	(is) Sarah
שְׁמָֽ/הּ	she.Ma/h	H8034	HNcmsc/Sp3fs	name/ her

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

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Strong's References

• H85 — אַבְרָהָם (ʼAbrâhâm, ab-raw-hawm'): contracted from אָב and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram; Abraham.
• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• 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.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• 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.
• H7121 — קָרָא (qârâʼ, kaw-raw'): a primitive root (rather identical with קָרָא through the idea of accosting a person met); to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications); bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
• H8034 — שֵׁם (shêm, shame): a primitive word (perhaps rather from through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare שָׁמַיִם); an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character; [phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
• H8283 — שָׂרָה (Sârâh, saw-raw'): the same as שָׂרָה; Sarah, Abraham's wife; Sarah.
• 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).
• 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).
• 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.

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