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Genesis 21:16 Interlinear

And she sat over against him a good way off as it were a bowshot for she said Let me not see the death of the child And she sat over against over against him and lift up her voice and wept

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַתֵּלֶךְ֩H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
2וַתֵּ֣שֶׁבH3427And she satproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
3לָ֜הּH0
4מִנֶּ֔גֶדH5048over againsta front, i.e., part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before
5הַרְחֵק֙H7368him a good way offto widen (in any direction), i.e., (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
6כִּמְטַֽחֲוֵ֣יH2909as it were a bowshotto stretch a bow, as an archer
7קֶ֔שֶׁתH7198a bow, for shooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
8כִּ֣יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
9אָֽמְרָ֔הH559for she saidto say (used with great latitude)
10אַלH408not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
11אֶרְאֶ֖הH7200Let me not seeto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
12בְּמ֣וֹתH4194the deathdeath (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
13הַיָּ֑לֶדH3206of the childsomething born, i.e., a lad or offspring
14וַתֵּ֣שֶׁבH3427And she satproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
15מִנֶּ֔גֶדH5048over againsta front, i.e., part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before
16וַתִּשָּׂ֥אH5375over against him and lift upto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
17אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
18קֹלָ֖הּH6963her voicea voice or sound
19וַתֵּֽבְךְּ׃H1058and weptto weep; generally to bemoan

Verse Context

Genesis 21:15was spent And the water in the bottle and she cast ...
Genesis 21:16 (current) And she sat over against him a good way off as it were a bowshot for she said Let me not see the death of the child And she sat over against over against him and lift up her voice and wept
Genesis 21:17hath heard And God the voice of the lad called...

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