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Genesis 18:13

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← Genesis 18:12	Genesis 18:13 (KJV)	Genesis 18:14 →
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?	And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?	Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And the LORD^H3068 said^H559 unto Abraham^H85, Wherefore^H4100 did Sarah^H8283 laugh^H6711, saying^H559, Shall I of a surety^H552 bear^H3205 a child, which^H589 am old^H2204?

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־אַבְרָהָם לָמָּה זֶּה צָחֲקָה שָׂרָה לֵאמֹר הַאַף אֻמְנָם אֵלֵד וַאֲנִי זָקַנְתִּי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
אַבְרָהָ֑ם	'av.ra.Ham	H85	HNp	Abraham
לָ֣/מָּה	La./mah	H4100	HR/Ti	(to)/ why?
זֶּה֩	zeh	H2088	HPdxms	this
צָחֲקָ֨ה	tza.cha.Kah	H6711	HVqp3fs	did she laugh
שָׂרָ֜ה	sa.Rah	H8283	HNp	Sarah
לֵ/אמֹ֗ר	le./Mor	H559	HR/Vqc	(to)/ saying
הַ/אַ֥ף	ha./'Af	H637	HTi/D	¿/ also
אֻמְנָ֛ם	'um.Nam	H552	HD	really
אֵלֵ֖ד	'e.Led	H3205	HVqi1cs	will I bear a child
וַ/אֲנִ֥י	va./'a.Ni	H589	HC/Pp1cs	and/ I
זָקַֽנְתִּי	za.Kan.ti	H2204	HVqp1cs	I am old

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.
• H552 — אֻמְנָם (ʼumnâm, oom-nawm'): an orthographical variation of אׇמְנָם; {verily}; in (very) deed; of a surety.
• 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.
• 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.
• H2204 — זָקֵן (zâqên, zaw-kane'): a primitive root; to be old; aged man, be (wax) old (man).
• 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).
• H4100 — מָה (mâh, maw): or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle; properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses; how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
• H6711 — צָחַק (tsâchaq, tsaw-khak'): a primitive root; to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn); by implication, to sport; laugh, mock, play, make sport.
• H8283 — שָׂרָה (Sârâh, saw-raw'): the same as שָׂרָה; Sarah, Abraham's wife; Sarah.

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).
• H637 — אַף (ʼaph, af): a primitive particle; meaning accession (used as an adverb or conjunction); also or yea; adversatively though; also, [phrase] although, and (furthermore, yet), but, even, [phrase] how much less (more, rather than), moreover, with, yea.
• H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.

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