Genesis 16:15

King James Version 1611 (Original)

And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתֵּ֧לֶד הָגָ֛ר לְאַבְרָ֖ם בֵּ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֨א אַבְרָ֧ם שֶׁם־בְּנ֛וֹ אֲשֶׁר־יָלְדָ֥ה הָגָ֖ר יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃

Transliteration

And-teled Hagar to-'Abram ben, and-yiqra' 'Abram shem-beno which-yaledah Hagar Yishma'el.

Grammar Details

• *teled*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular with waw consecutive - and she bore
• *Hagar*: proper noun, feminine singular - Hagar
• *le'Abram*: preposition + proper noun, masculine singular - to/for Abram
• *ben*: noun, masculine singular - son
• *yiqra'*: verb, Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he called
• *'Abram*: proper noun, masculine singular - Abram
• *shem*: noun, masculine singular construct - name of
• *beno*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his son
• *'asher*: relative pronoun - which/whom
• *yaledah*: verb, Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - she bore
• *Yishma'el*: proper noun, masculine singular - Ishmael

Word Meanings

• *Yishma'el*: means "God hears" or "God will hear"

Referenced Verses

• Gen 25:12 : 12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
• Gen 28:9 : 9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.
• Gen 37:27 : 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
• 1 Chr 1:28 : 28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
• Gal 4:22-23 : 22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. 23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
• Gen 16:11 : 11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
• Gen 17:18 : 18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
• Gen 17:20 : 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
• Gen 17:25-26 : 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
• Gen 21:9-9 : 9 And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. 10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. 11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son. 12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. 13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. 15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. 17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. 20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
• Gen 25:9 : 9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;