Genesis 21:28

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Genesis 21:28


← Genesis 21:27 Genesis 21:28 (KJV) Genesis 21:29 →
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And AbrahamH85 setH5324 sevenH7651 ewe lambsH3535 of the flockH6629 by themselves.


Original Hebrew

וַיַּצֵּב אַבְרָהָם אֶת־שֶׁבַע כִּבְשֹׂת הַצֹּאן לְבַדְּהֶן׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וַ/יַּצֵּ֣ב
va/i.ya.Tzev H5324 HC/Vhw3ms and/ he set
אַבְרָהָ֗ם
'av.ra.Ham H85 HNp Abraham
אֶת
'et- H853 HTo (obj.)
שֶׁ֛בַע
She.va' H7651 HAcfsa seven
כִּבְשֹׂ֥ת
kiv.Sot H3535 HNcfpc ewe-lambs of
הַ/צֹּ֖אן
ha./Tzon H6629 HTd/Ncbsa the/ flock
לְ/בַדְּ/הֶֽן
le./va.de./Hen H905 HR/Ncmsc/Sp3fp to/ alone/ them
Strong's References
  • H85 — אַבְרָהָם (ʼAbrâhâm, ab-raw-hawm'): contracted from אָב (ʼâb) H1 and an unused root (probably meaning to be populous); father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram; Abraham.
  • H3535 — כִּבְשָׂה (kibsâh, kib-saw'): or כַּבְשָׂה (kabsâh); feminine of כֶּבֶשׂ (kebes) H3532; a ewe; (ewe) lamb.
  • H5324 — נָצַב (nâtsab, naw-tsab'): a primitive root; to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively); appointed, deputy, erect, establish, [idiom] Huzzah (by mistake for a proper name), lay, officer, pillar, present, rear up, set (over, up), settle, sharpen, establish, (make to) stand(-ing, still, up, upright), best state.
  • H6629 — צֹאן (tsôʼn, tsone): or צאוֹן (tsʼôwn); (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men); (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
  • H7651 — שֶׁבַע (shebaʻ, sheh'-bah): or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה (shibʻâh)); from שָׁבַע (shâbaʻ) H7650; 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 (shibʻânâh) H7658.

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 (ʼôwth) H226 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).
  • H905 — בַּד (bad, bad): from בָּדַד (bâdad) H909; properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides; alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.
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