Genesis 18:8

King James 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 pressed upon 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 kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
• Judg 5:25 : 25 He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.
• Judg 13:15 : 15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
• Neh 12:44 : 44 And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of 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 to sit down to meat, and will come forth 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 thou shalt eat and drink?
• Luke 24:30 : 30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
• Luke 24:43 : 43 And he took it, and did eat before them.
• John 12:2 : 2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
• Acts 10:41 : 41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
• Gal 5:13 : 13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one 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.