Genesis 18:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקַּ֨ח חֶמְאָ֜ה וְחָלָ֗ב וּבֶן־הַבָּקָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וַיִּתֵּ֖ן לִפְנֵיהֶ֑ם וְהֽוּא־עֹמֵ֧ד עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם תַּ֥חַת הָעֵ֖ץ וַיֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃

Transliteration

And-wayyiqqaḥ ḥemʾâ and-ḥālāḇ and-ben-the-bāqār which ʿāśâ and-wayyittēn to-pənêhem and-he-ʿōmēḏ over-them taḥaṯ the-ʿēṣ and-wayyōʾḵēlû.

Grammar Details

• *wayyiqqaḥ*: qal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - took
• *ḥemʾâ*: noun, feminine singular - curds/butter
• *ḥālāḇ*: noun, masculine singular - milk
• *ʿāśâ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he had prepared
• *wayyittēn*: qal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - gave/set
• *pənêhem*: plural noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix - before them
• *ʿōmēḏ*: qal participle, masculine singular - standing
• *taḥaṯ*: preposition - under
• *ʿēṣ*: noun, masculine singular - tree
• *wayyōʾḵēlû*: qal waw-consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they ate

Word Meanings

• *ḥemʾâ*: curds/butter/cream
• *pənêhem*: before them/in their presence

Referenced Verses

• Gen 19:3 : 3 And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
• Deut 32:14 : 14 Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou drankest wine.
• Judg 5:25 : 25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
• Judg 13:15 : 15 And Manoah said unto the angel of Jehovah, I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee.
• Neh 12:44 : 44 And on that day were men appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the heave-offerings, for the first-fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions appointed by the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited.
• Luke 12:37 : 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them.
• Luke 17:8 : 8 and will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward {G5023} thou shalt eat and drink?
• Luke 24:30 : 30 And it came to pass, when he had sat down with them to meat, he took the bread and blessed; and breaking [it] he gave to them.
• Luke 24:43 : 43 And he took it, and ate before them.
• John 12:2 : 2 So they made him a supper there: and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that sat at meat with him.
• Acts 10:41 : 41 not to all the people, but unto witnesses that were chosen before of God, [even] to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
• Gal 5:13 : 13 For ye, brethren, were called for freedom; only [use] not your freedom for an occasion to the flesh, but through love be servants one to another.
• Rev 3:20 : 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.