Genesis 17:4[edit | edit source]

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And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,	As for me, behold, my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.	Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

Verse Text[edit | edit source]

As for me^H589, behold, my covenant^H1285 is with thee, and thou shalt be a father^H1 of many^H1995 nations^H1471.

אֲנִי הִנֵּה בְרִיתִי אִתָּךְ וְהָיִיתָ לְאַב הֲמֹון גֹּויִם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
אֲנִ֕י	'a.Ni	H589	HPp1cs	I
הִנֵּ֥ה	hi.Neh	H2009	HTm	here!
בְרִיתִ֖/י	ve.ri.T/i	H1285	HNcfsc/Sp1cs	covenant/ my
אִתָּ֑/ךְ	'i.Ta/kh	H854	HR/Sp2fs	(is) with/ you
וְ/הָיִ֕יתָ	ve./ha.Yi.ta	H1961	HC/Vqq2ms	and/ you will become
לְ/אַ֖ב	le./'Av	H1	HR/Ncmsc	(into)/ a father of
הֲמ֥וֹן	ha.Mon	H1995	HNcmsc	a multitude of
גּוֹיִֽם	go.Yim	H1471	HNcmpa	nations

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

H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
H589 — אֲנִי (ʼănîy, an-ee'): lemma אֲנַי second vowel, corrected to אֲנִי; contracted from אָנֹכִי; I; I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.
H1285 — בְּרִית (bᵉrîyth, ber-eeth'): from בָּרָה (in the sense of cutting (like בָּרָא)); a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh); confederacy, (con-) feder(-ate), covenant, league.
H1471 — גּוֹי (gôwy, go'-ee): rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
H1995 — הָמוֹן (hâmôwn, haw-mone'): or הָמֹן; (Ezekiel 5:7), from הָמָה; a noise, tumult, crowd; also disquietude, wealth; abundance, company, many, multitude, multiply, noise, riches, rumbling, sounding, store, tumult.

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

H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.
H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.

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