Genesis 16:5
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אַבְרָם
ʼAbrâm
Abram, the original name of Abraham
חָמָס
châmâç
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
שִׁפְחָה
shiphchâh
a female slave (as a member of the household)
חֵיק
chêyq
the bosom (literally or figuratively)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
הָרָה
hârâh
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
עַיִן
ʻayin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
שָׁפַט
shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literall...
בֵּין
bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
Key Terms in This Verse
הָרָה hârâh
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
Study H2029 →שָׁפַט shâphaṭ
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
Study H8199 →בֵּין bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
Study H996 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay...
Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.
The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.
Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
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