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Genesis 21:30

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← Genesis 21:29	Genesis 21:30 (KJV)	Genesis 21:31 →
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?	And he said, For [these] seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.	Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he said^H559, For these seven^H7651 ewe lambs^H3535 shalt thou take^H3947 of my hand^H3027, that^H5668 they may be a witness^H5713 unto me, that I have digged^H2658 this well^H875.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר כִּי אֶת־שֶׁבַע כְּבָשֹׂת תִּקַּח מִיָּדִי בַּעֲבוּר תִּהְיֶה־לִּי לְעֵדָה כִּי חָפַרְתִּי אֶת־הַבְּאֵר הַזֹּאת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
כִּ֚י	ki	H3588	HC	that
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
שֶׁ֣בַע	She.va'	H7651	HAcfsa	seven
כְּבָשֹׂ֔ת	ke.va.Sot	H3535	HNcfpa	ewe-lambs
תִּקַּ֖ח	ti.Kach	H3947	HVqi2ms	you will take
מִ/יָּדִ֑/י	mi./ya.D/i	H3027	HR/Ncbsc/Sp1cs	from/ hand/ my
בַּ/עֲבוּר֙	ba./'a.Vur	H5668	HR/Ncmsc	in/order that
תִּֽהְיֶה	tih.yeh-	H1961	HVqi3fs	it may become
לִּ֣/י	l/i		HR/Sp1cs	for (the)/ me
לְ/עֵדָ֔ה	le./'e.Dah	H5713	HR/Ncfsa	(into)/ a witness
כִּ֥י	ki	H3588	HC	for
חָפַ֖רְתִּי	cha.Far.ti	H2658	HVqp1cs	I dug
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/בְּאֵ֥ר	ha./be.'Er	H875	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ well
הַ/זֹּֽאת	ha./Zot	H2063	HTd/Pdxfs	(the)/ this

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

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.
• H875 — בְּאֵר (bᵉʼêr, be-ayr'): from בָּאַר; a pit; especially a well; pit, well.
• H2658 — חָפַר (châphar, khaw-far'): a primitive root; properly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore; dig, paw, search out, seek.
• H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
• H3535 — כִּבְשָׂה (kibsâh, kib-saw'): or כַּבְשָׂה; feminine of כֶּבֶשׂ; a ewe; (ewe) lamb.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H5668 — עָבוּר (ʻâbûwr, aw-boor'): or עָבֻר; passive participle of עָבַר; properly, crossed, i.e. (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that; because of, for (...'s sake), (intent) that, to.
• H5713 — עֵדָה (ʻêdâh, ay-daw'): feminine of עֵד in its techn. sense; testimony; testimony, witness. Compare עֵדָה.
• 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).
• 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.
• H2063 — זֹאת (zôʼth, zothe'): irregular feminine of זֶה; this (often used adverb); hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.
• 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.

Cross References

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

• a witness — Genesis 31:44-48, Genesis 31:52, Joshua 22:27-28, Joshua 24:27

Reciprocal references (2): Genesis 26:15, Hebrews 6:16

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: WELLS, NATURAL
• Torrey’s: COVENANTS, LAMB, THE, WELLS
• Nave’s: ABIMELECH, ABRAHAM, ALLIANCES, CONTRACTS, COVENANT, RULERS, TOKEN, WELLS, WITNESS

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