Genesis 21:29
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֲבִימֶלֶךְ
ʼĂbîymelek
Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אַבְרָהָם
ʼAbrâhâm
Abraham, the later name of Abram
גָּמַל
gâmal
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
שֶׁבַע
shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Key Terms in This Verse
גָּמַל gâmal
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
Study H1580 →אֲבִימֶלֶךְ ʼĂbîymelek
Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites
Study H40 →עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
Study H6213 →שֶׁבַע shebaʻ
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
Study H7651 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?
And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord.
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