Genesis 21:16 Hebrew Word Analysis
0 | | וַתֵּלֶךְ֩ | h1980 |
13 | And she sat | וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב | h3427 |
2 | | לָ֜הּ | h0 |
14 | over against | מִנֶּ֔גֶד | h5048 |
4 | him a good way off | הַרְחֵק֙ | h7368 |
5 | as it were a bowshot | כִּמְטַֽחֲוֵ֣י | h2909 |
6 | | קֶ֔שֶׁת | h7198 |
7 | | כִּ֣י | h3588 |
8 | for she said | אָֽמְרָ֔ה | h559 |
9 | | אַל | h408 |
10 | Let me not see | אֶרְאֶ֖ה | h7200 |
11 | the death | בְּמ֣וֹת | h4194 |
12 | of the child | הַיָּ֑לֶד | h3206 |
13 | And she sat | וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב | h3427 |
14 | over against | מִנֶּ֔גֶד | h5048 |
15 | over against him and lift up | וַתִּשָּׂ֥א | h5375 |
16 | | אֶת | h853 |
17 | her voice | קֹלָ֖הּ | h6963 |
18 | and wept | וַתֵּֽבְךְּ׃ | h1058 |
Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: 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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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 look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
and she went and sat down over against [him], a bow-shot off; for she said, Let me not behold the death of the child. And she sat over against [him], and lifted up her voice and wept.
Webster's Bible (WBT)
And she went, and sat her down over against him, a good way off, as it were a bow-shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and raised her voice, and wept.
World English Bible (WEB)
She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child." She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, `Let me not look on the death of the lad;' and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth.