Original Language Studio
Genesis 20:16
“And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H8283 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Sarah, Abraham's wife
- Derivation
- the same as H8282 (שָׂרָה);
- KJV renderings
- Sarah.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- לְ — preposition
- שָׂרָ֣ה — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 38 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 17:15Genesis 17:17Genesis 17:19Genesis 17:21Genesis 18:6
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׂרָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.