Genesis 16:8
Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data
"And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
שִׁפְחָה
shiphchâh
a female slave (as a member of the household)
אַיִן
ʼayin
where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
נוּס
nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
Key Terms in This Verse
הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →נוּס nûwç
to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
Study H5127 →אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
Study H834 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →Cross References
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be t...
And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
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