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Genesis 18:6

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And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.	And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead [it], and make cakes upon the hearth.	And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave [it] unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Abraham^H85 hastened^H4116 into the tent^H168 unto Sarah^H8283, and said^H559, Make ready quickly^H4116 three^H7969 measures^H5429 of fine^H5560 meal^H7058, knead^H3888 it, and make^H6213 cakes^H5692 upon the hearth^H6213.

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Original Hebrew

וַיְמַהֵר אַבְרָהָם הָאֹהֱלָה אֶל־שָׂרָה וַיֹּאמֶר מַהֲרִי שְׁלֹשׁ סְאִים קֶמַח סֹלֶת לוּשִׁי וַעֲשִׂי עֻגֹות׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יְמַהֵ֧ר	va/y.ma.Her	H4116	HC/Vpw3ms	and/ he hurried
אַבְרָהָ֛ם	'av.ra.Ham	H85	HNp	Abraham
הָ/אֹ֖הֱלָ/ה	ha./'O.he.la/h	H168	HTd/Ncmsa/Sd	the/ tent/ towards
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
שָׂרָ֑ה	sa.Rah	H8283	HNp	Sarah
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
מַהֲרִ֞י	ma.ha.Ri	H4116	HVpv2fs	bring quickly
שְׁלֹ֤שׁ	she.Losh	H7969	HAcfsa	three
סְאִים֙	se.'Im	H5429	HNcfpa	seahs
קֶ֣מַח	Ke.mach	H7058	HNcmsa	flour
סֹ֔לֶת	So.let	H5560	HNcfsa	fine flour
ל֖וּשִׁי	Lu.shi	H3888	HVqv2fs	knead (it)
וַ/עֲשִׂ֥י	va./'a.Si	H6213	HC/Vqv2fs	and/ make
עֻגֽוֹת	u.Got	H5692	HNcfpa	bread cakes

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

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.
• H168 — אֹהֶל (ʼôhel, o'-hel): from אָהַל; a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance); covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.
• 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.
• H3888 — לוּשׁ (lûwsh, loosh): a primitive root; to knead; knead.
• H4116 — מָהַר (mâhar, maw-har'): a primitive root; properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly; be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) [idiom] quickly, rash, [idiom] shortly, (be so) [idiom] soon, make speed, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] straightway, [idiom] suddenly, swift.
• H5429 — סְאָה (çᵉʼâh, seh-aw'): from an unused root meaning to define; a seah, or certain measure (as determinative) forgrain; measure.
• H5560 — סֹלֶת (çôleth, so'-leth): from an unused root meaning to strip; flour (as chipped off); (fine) flour, meal.
• H5692 — עֻגָּה (ʻuggâh, oog-gaw'): from עוּג; an ash-cake (as round); cake (upon the hearth).
• H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
• H7058 — קֶמַח (qemach, keh'-makh): from an unused root probably meaning to grind; flour; flour, meal.
• H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.
• 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).

Cross References

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

• three — Isaiah 32:8, Matthew 13:33, Luke 10:38-40, Acts 16:15, Romans 12:13, Galatians 5:13, Hebrews 13:2, 1 Peter 4:9

Reciprocal references (9): Genesis 19:3, Genesis 24:67, Judges 6:19, 2 Samuel 13:6, Proverbs 31:13, Ezekiel 4:12, Luke 19:6, 1 Timothy 5:14, Hebrews 11:9

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: ARTS AND CRAFTS, FOOD, PHYSICAL-SPIRITUAL
• Torrey’s: BREAD, ENTERTAINMENTS, TRAVELLERS, WOMAN
• Nave’s: ABRAHAM, BREAD, COMMUNION, CONDESCENSION OF GOD, GOD, HEARTH, HOSPITALITY, ISAAC, MAMRE, MEASURE, WIFE, WOMEN

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