Genesis 25:22

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּתְרֹֽצֲצ֤וּ הַבָּנִים֙ בְּקִרְבָּ֔הּ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אִם־כֵּ֔ן לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה אָנֹ֑כִי וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ לִדְרֹ֥שׁ אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

wə-yitrōṣăṣû ha-bānîm bə-qirbāh wə-tōʾmer ʾim-kēn lāmmāh zeh ʾānōḵî wə-tēleḵ li-ḏrōš ʾet-yhwh

Grammar Details

*wə-yitrōṣăṣû*: waw consecutive + Hitpael imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and struggled
*ha-bānîm*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the sons
*bə-qirbāh*: preposition + noun, masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix - within her
*wə-tōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she said
*ʾim-kēn*: conjunction + adverb - if so
*lāmmāh*: interrogative + preposition - why
*zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
*ʾānōḵî*: 1st person singular pronoun - I
*wə-tēleḵ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she went
*li-ḏrōš*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to inquire of
*ʾet-yhwh*: direct object marker + divine name - YHWH

Word Meanings

*wə-yitrōṣăṣû*: struggled/jostled/pushed against each other
*bə-qirbāh*: within her/inside her
*ʾim-kēn*: if so/if this is the case
*lāmmāh* *zeh* *ʾānōḵî*: why am I this way/why do I exist/why is this happening to me
*li-ḏrōš*: to inquire of/to seek/to consult

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 9:9 : 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
1 Sam 10:22 : 22 Therefore they asked of Jehovah further, Is there yet a man to come hither? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.
1 Sam 22:15 : 15 Have I to-day begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute anything unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more.
1 Sam 28:6 : 6 And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
1 Sam 30:8 : 8 And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake [them], and shalt without fail recover [all].
Ezek 20:31 : 31 and when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, do ye pollute yourselves with all your idols unto this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you;
Ezek 36:37 : 37 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: For this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.

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