Genesis 21:16
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וַתֵּלֶךְvatelekhand she wentH1980וַתֵּשֶׁבvateshevand she satH3427לָהּlahfor <the> herselfמִנֶּגֶדminegedfrom beforeH5048הַרְחֵקharchekat a distanceH7368כִּמְטַחֲוֵיkimtachaveilike [the] shooters ofH2909קֶשֶׁתkesheta bowH7198כִּיkiforH3588אָמְרָה'amerahshe saidH559אַל־'al-may notH408אֶרְאֶה'er'ehI lookH7200בְּמוֹתbemoton [the] death ofH4194הַיָּלֶדhaiyaledthe boyH3206וַתֵּשֶׁבvateshevand she satH3427מִנֶּגֶדminegedfrom beforeH5048וַתִּשָּׂאvatisa'and she lifted upH5375אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853קֹלָהּkolahvoice herH6963וַתֵּבְךְּ׃vatevekand she weptH1058
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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