Genesis

Genesis 16:1

¹Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now Abram’s	אַבְרָ֔ם	’aḇ·rām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H87 Abram
wife	אֵ֣שֶׁת	’ê·šeṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H802 woman, wife, female
Sarai	וְשָׂרַי֙	wə·śā·ray	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H8297 Sarai
had borne	יָלְדָ֖ה	yā·lə·ḏāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
him	ל֑וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
no	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
but	וְלָ֛הּ	wə·lāh	Conjunctive waw; Preposition; third person feminine singular
she had an Egyptian	מִצְרִ֖ית	miṣ·rîṯ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4713 Mitsrite
maidservant	שִׁפְחָ֥ה	šip̄·ḥāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8198 maid, maid-servant
named	וּשְׁמָ֥הּ	ū·šə·māh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H8034 name
Hagar	הָגָֽר׃	hā·ḡār	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1904 Hagar

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.