KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what Genesis 21:19 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.”
What does this verse really mean? Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same root words. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1].
| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And God” | אֱלֹהִים֙ | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “opened” | וַיִּפְקַ֤ח | To open (the senses, especially the eyes); figuratively, to be observant | opened |
| “her eyes,” | עֵינֶ֔יהָ | An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) | eyes |
| “and she saw” | וַתֵּ֖רֶא | To see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative) | saw |
| “a well” | בְּאֵ֣ר | A pit; especially a well | well |
| “of water;” | מָ֑יִם | Water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen | water |
| “and she went,” | וַתֵּ֜לֶךְ | To walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | and she went |
| “and filled” | וַתְּמַלֵּ֤א | To fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively) | filled |
| “the bottle” | הַחֵ֙מֶת֙ | A skin bottle (as tied up) | bottle |
| “with water,” | מַ֔יִם | Water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen | water |
| “and gave” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | gave |
| “the lad” | הַנָּֽעַר׃ | (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age) | lad |
| “drink.” | וַתַּ֖שְׁקְ | To quaff, i.e., (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to | drink |
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17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
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