Genesis 21:28

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And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.	And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.	And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Abraham^H85 set^H5324 seven^H7651 ewe lambs^H3535 of the flock^H6629 by themselves.

Original Hebrew

וַיַּצֵּב אַבְרָהָם אֶת־שֶׁבַע כִּבְשֹׂת הַצֹּאן לְבַדְּהֶן׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּצֵּ֣ב	va/i.ya.Tzev	H5324	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he set
אַבְרָהָ֗ם	'av.ra.Ham	H85	HNp	Abraham
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
שֶׁ֛בַע	She.va'	H7651	HAcfsa	seven
כִּבְשֹׂ֥ת	kiv.Sot	H3535	HNcfpc	ewe-lambs of
הַ/צֹּ֖אן	ha./Tzon	H6629	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ flock
לְ/בַדְּ/הֶֽן	le./va.de./Hen	H905	HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fp	to/ alone/ them

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.
H3535 — כִּבְשָׂה (kibsâh, kib-saw'): or כַּבְשָׂה; feminine of כֶּבֶשׂ; a ewe; (ewe) lamb.
H5324 — נָצַב (nâtsab, naw-tsab'): a primitive root; to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively); appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.
H6629 — צֹאן (tsôʼn, tsone): or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men); (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
H7651 — שֶׁבַע (shebaʻ, sheh'-bah): or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from שָׁבַע; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number; ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare שִׁבְעָנָה.

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

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).
H905 — בַּד (bad, bad): from בָּדַד; properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides; alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.

Cross References

Related Topics

Torrey’s: COVENANTS, LAMB, THE
Nave’s: ABIMELECH, ABRAHAM, ALLIANCES, CONTRACTS, COVENANT, RULERS, SEVEN, WELLS, WITNESS

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