Genesis 33:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children whom God hath graciously given thy servant.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשָּׂ֣א אֶת־עֵינָ֗יו וַיַּ֤רְא אֶת־הַנָּשִׁים֙ וְאֶת־הַיְלָדִ֔ים וַיֹּ֖אמֶר מִי־אֵ֣לֶּה לָּ֑ךְ וַיֹּאמַ֕ר הַיְלָדִ֕ים אֲשֶׁר־חָנַ֥ן אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃

Transliteration

wə-yiśśāʾ ʾet-ʿênāyw wə-yarʾ ʾet-the nāšîm and ʾet-the yəlādîm wə-yōʾmer who-ʾēlleh to you? wə-yōʾmar the yəlādîm whom-ḥānan ʾĕlōhîm ʾet-ʿabdekā

Grammar Details

*wə-yiśśāʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he lifted up
*ʿênāyw*: noun, feminine plural with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his eyes
*wə-yarʾ*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he saw
*nāšîm*: noun, feminine plural with definite article - the women
*yəlādîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the children
*wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, common plural - these
*wə-yōʾmar*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*ḥānan*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - has been gracious/favored
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural (used as singular) - God
*ʿabdekā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your servant

Word Meanings

*yiśśāʾ*: lifted up/raised
*yarʾ*: saw/beheld/looked at
*ʾēlleh*: these/those
*ḥānan*: has been gracious to/favored/shown favor to
*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods (plural form used as singular)
*ʿabdekā*: your servant/your slave

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 127:3 : 3 Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; [And] the fruit of the womb is [his] reward.
Isa 8:18 : 18 Behold, I and the children whom Jehovah hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from Jehovah of hosts, who dwelleth in mount Zion.
Gen 48:9 : 9 And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them.
Ruth 4:13 : 13 So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife; and he went in unto her, and Jehovah gave her conception, and she bare a son.
1 Sam 1:27 : 27 For this child I prayed; and Jehovah hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
1 Chr 28:5 : 5 And of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.
Heb 2:13 : 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God hath given me.
Gen 30:2 : 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

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