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Genesis 18:15

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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.	Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.	And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then Sarah^H8283 denied^H3584, saying^H559, I laughed^H6711 not; for she was afraid^H3372. And he said^H559, Nay^H3808; but thou didst laugh^H6711.

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Original Hebrew

וַתְּכַחֵשׁ שָׂרָה ׀ לֵאמֹר לֹא צָחַקְתִּי כִּי ׀ יָרֵאָה וַיֹּאמֶר ׀ לֹא כִּי צָחָקְתְּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תְּכַחֵ֨שׁ	va./te.kha.Chesh	H3584	HC/Vpw3fs	and/ she denied
שָׂרָ֧ה	sa.Rah	H8283	HNp	Sarah
לֵ/אמֹ֛ר	le./Mor	H559	HR/Vqc	(to)/ saying
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
צָחַ֖קְתִּי	tza.Chak.ti	H6711	HVqp1cs	I laughed
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	for
יָרֵ֑אָה	ya.Re.'ah	H3372	HVqp3fs	she was afraid
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
לֹ֖א	lo'	H3808	HTn	In-
כִּ֥י	ki	H3588	HC	deed
צָחָֽקְתְּ	tza.Cha.ket	H6711	HVqp2fs	you laughed

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

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Strong's References

• 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.
• H3372 — יָרֵא (yârêʼ, yaw-ray'): a primitive root; to fear; morally, to revere; caus. to frighten; affright, be (make) afraid, dread(-ful), (put in) fear(-ful, -fully, -ing), (be had in) reverence(-end), [idiom] see, terrible (act, -ness, thing).
• H3584 — כָּחַשׁ (kâchash, kaw-khash'): a primitive root; to be untrue, in word (to lie, feign, disown) or deed (to disappoint, fail, cringe); deceive, deny, dissemble, fail, deal falsely, be found liars, (be-) lie, lying, submit selves.
• 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.
• 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:

• 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.

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