Genesis 16:2
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.”
נָא
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
הִנֵּה
here!
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הִנֵּה
Behold, look, see. Hinneh. The word used to get attention. Behold I stand at the door and knock. God is always trying to get our attention.
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בָּנָה
I will be built up
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בָּנָה
To build, to construct. Banah. God is building His church. He is building your life. Every trial is part of the construction process.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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מִן
from/ her
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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עָצָר
he has restrained/ me
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עָצָר
to inclose; by analogy, to hold back; also to maintain, rule, assemble
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שִׁפְחָה
maidservant/ my
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שִׁפְחָה
a female slave (as a member of the household)
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שָׂרַי
Sarai
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שָׂרַי
Sarai, the wife of Abraham
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