Genesis 21:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּגְדַּ֥ל הַיֶּ֖לֶד וַיִּגָּמַ֑ל וַיַּ֤עַשׂ אַבְרָהָם֙ מִשְׁתֶּ֣ה גָד֔וֹל בְּי֖וֹם הִגָּמֵ֥ל אֶת־יִצְחָֽק׃

Transliteration

And yigdal hayyeled and yiggāmal and yaʿaś ʾAbrāhām mišteh gādôl in-yôm higgāmēl ʾet-Yiṣḥāq.

Grammar Details

• *wə-*: conjunction with consecutive imperfect - and (sequential action)
• *yigdal*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - he grew
• *ha-*: definite article - the
• *yeled*: masculine singular noun - child/boy
• *yiggāmal*: niphal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - he was weaned
• *yaʿaś*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine singular - he made
• *ʾAbrāhām*: proper noun, subject - Abraham
• *mišteh*: masculine singular noun - feast/banquet
• *gādôl*: masculine singular adjective - great/large
• *bə-*: preposition - in/on
• *yôm*: masculine singular construct - day of
• *higgāmēl*: niphal infinitive construct - being weaned
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *Yiṣḥāq*: proper noun - Isaac

Word Meanings

• *yigdal*: grew/became big
• *yeled*: child/boy/lad
• *yiggāmal*: was weaned
• *yaʿaś*: made/prepared/held
• *mišteh*: feast/banquet/drinking party
• *gādôl*: great/large/big
• *higgāmēl*: being weaned/weaning

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.
• Gen 26:30 : 30 And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
• Gen 29:22 : 22 And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
• Gen 40:20 : 20 And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
• Judg 14:10 : 10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
• Judg 14:12 : 12 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
• 1 Sam 1:22 : 22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.
• 1 Sam 25:36 : 36 And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
• 2 Sam 3:20 : 20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
• 1 Kgs 3:15 : 15 And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
• Esth 1:3 : 3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
• Ps 131:2 : 2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
• Hos 1:8 : 8 Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.