Genesis 21:16
Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.
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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.
KJV
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.
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19 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֵּלֶךְ֩ | va.te.leKh | and she went | H1980 → |
| וַתֵּ֨שֶׁב | va.Te.shev | and she sat | H3427 → |
| לָ֜הּ | lah | for <the> herself | |
| מִנֶּ֗גֶד | mi.Ne.ged | from before | H5048 → |
| הַרְחֵק֙ | har.Chek | at a distance | H7368 → |
| כִּמְטַחֲוֵ֣י | kim.ta.cha.Vei | like [the] shooters of | H2909 → |
| קֶ֔שֶׁת | Ke.shet | a bow | H7198 → |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| אָֽמְרָ֔ה | 'a.me.Rah | she said | H559 → |
| אַל־ | 'al- | may not | H408 → |
| אֶרְאֶ֖ה | 'er.'Eh | I look | H7200 → |
| בְּמ֣וֹת | be.Mot | on [the] death of | H4194 → |
| הַיָּ֑לֶד | hai.Ya.led | the boy | H3206 → |
| וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב | va.Te.shev | and she sat | H3427 → |
| מִנֶּ֔גֶד | mi.Ne.ged | from before | H5048 → |
| וַתִּשָּׂ֥א | va.ti.Sa' | and she lifted up | H5375 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| קֹלָ֖הּ | ko.Lah | voice her | H6963 → |
| וַתֵּֽבְךְּ׃ | va.Te.vek | and she wept | H1058 → |
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