Genesis

Genesis 21:20

²⁰And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And God	אֱלֹהִ֛ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
was	וַיְהִ֧י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
with	אֶת־	’eṯ-	Preposition	H854 with
the boy	הַנַּ֖עַר	han·na·‘ar	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5288 a shaking, scattering
and he grew up	וַיִּגְדָּ֑ל	way·yiḡ·dāl	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1431 grow up, become great
and settled	וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙	way·yê·šeḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
in the wilderness	בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר	bam·miḏ·bār	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4057 mouth
and became	וַיְהִ֖י	way·hî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a great	רֹבֶ֥ה	rō·ḇeh	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H7235 be, or become, much, many, great
archer	קַשָּֽׁת׃	qaš·šāṯ	Noun - masculine singular	H7199 bowman

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