Genesis 18:13
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’

Young's Literal Translation
and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, ‘After I have waxed old I have had pleasure!—my lord also [is] old!’

King James Bible
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

Hebrew
And the LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

asked
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

Abraham,
אַבְרָהָ֑ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

“Why
לָ֣מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

did Sarah
שָׂרָ֜ה (śā·rāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8283: Sarah -- 'princess', a wife of Abraham

laugh
צָחֲקָ֨ה (ṣā·ḥă·qāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6711: To laugh outright, to sport

and say,
לֵאמֹ֗ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘Can I really
הַאַ֥ף (ha·’ap̄)
Conjunction
Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though

bear a child
אֵלֵ֖ד (’ê·lêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

when I am
וַאֲנִ֥י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

old?’
זָקַֽנְתִּי׃ (zā·qan·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2204: To be or become old

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
OpenBible.com


Genesis 18:12
Top of Page
Top of Page