Genesis

Genesis 21:16

¹⁶Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.^e

Footnotes

e 21:16 Hebrew; LXX the child lifted up his voice and wept

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then she went off	וַתֵּלֶךְ֩	wat·tê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
and sat down	וַתֵּ֨שֶׁב	wat·tê·šeḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
nearby	מִנֶּ֗גֶד	min·ne·ḡeḏ	Preposition-m	H5048 what is conspicuous or in front
about a bowshot	כִּמְטַחֲוֵ֣י	kim·ṭa·ḥă·wê	Preposition-k; Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct	H2909 hurl, shoot
away	הַרְחֵק֙	har·ḥêq	Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute	H7368 be, or become, far, distant
for	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
she said	אָֽמְרָ֔ה	’ā·mə·rāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
I cannot	אַל־	’al-	Adverb	H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . .
bear to watch	אֶרְאֶ֖ה	’er·’eh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular	H7200 see
the boy	הַיָּ֑לֶד	hay·yā·leḏ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3206 child, son, boy, youth
die	בְּמ֣וֹת	bə·mō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H4194 death
And as she sat	וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב	wat·tê·šeḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
nearby	מִנֶּ֔גֶד	min·ne·ḡeḏ	Preposition-m	H5048 what is conspicuous or in front
she lifted up	וַתִּשָּׂ֥א	wat·tiś·śā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
her voice	קֹלָ֖הּ	qō·lāh	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H6963 sound, voice
and wept	וַתֵּֽבְךְּ׃	wat·tê·ḇək	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1058 weep, bewail

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Isaiah 49:15 · 1 Kings 3:26 · Genesis 29:11 · Ruth 1:9 · 1 Samuel 30:4 · 1 Samuel 24:16 · Esther 8:6 · Judges 2:4

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