Verse 21

{ "verseID": "Genesis.26.21", "source": "וַֽיַּחְפְּרוּ֙ בְּאֵ֣ר אַחֶ֔רֶת וַיָּרִ֖יבוּ גַּם־עָלֶ֑יהָ וַיִּקְרָ֥א שְׁמָ֖הּ שִׂטְנָֽה׃", "text": "and-*wayyaḥpərû* *bəʾēr* *ʾaḥeret* and-*wayyārîbû* also-over-it and-*wayyiqrāʾ* its-name *śiṭnâ*", "grammar": { "*wayyaḥpərû*": "3rd masculine plural Qal imperfect waw-consecutive of חפר - and they dug", "*bəʾēr*": "feminine singular noun - well", "*ʾaḥeret*": "feminine singular adjective - another", "*wayyārîbû*": "3rd masculine plural Qal imperfect waw-consecutive of ריב - and they quarreled", "*wayyiqrāʾ*": "3rd masculine singular Qal imperfect waw-consecutive of קרא - and he called", "*śiṭnâ*": "feminine singular noun - opposition/hostility" }, "variants": { "*wayyaḥpərû*": "and they dug/and they excavated", "*ʾaḥeret*": "another/different/other", "*wayyārîbû*": "and they quarreled/and they disputed/and they argued", "*śiṭnâ*": "opposition/hostility/enmity/accusation" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezra 4:6 : 6 { "verseID": "Ezra.4.6", "source": "וּבְמַלְכוּת֙ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת מַלְכוּת֑וֹ כָּתְב֣וּ שִׂטְנָ֔ה עַל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ ס", "text": "And in *ûbᵉmalkût* *ʾăḥašwērôš*, in *bitᵉḥillat* his *malkûtô* they *kātᵉbû* *śiṭᵉnāh* against *yōšᵉbê* *yᵉhûdāh* and *wirûšālāim*.", "grammar": { "*ûbᵉmalkût*": "waw-conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - and in the reign of", "*ʾăḥašwērôš*": "proper noun - Ahasuerus (Xerxes)", "*bitᵉḥillat*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in the beginning of", "*malkûtô*": "noun, feminine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his reign", "*kātᵉbû*": "qal perfect, 3rd plural - they wrote", "*śiṭᵉnāh*": "noun, feminine singular - accusation", "*yōšᵉbê*": "qal participle, masculine plural construct - dwellers of/inhabitants of", "*yᵉhûdāh*": "proper noun - Judah", "*wirûšālāim*": "waw-conjunction + proper noun - and Jerusalem" }, "variants": { "*śiṭᵉnāh*": "accusation/complaint/charge", "*yōšᵉbê*": "inhabitants/dwellers/residents" } }