Genesis 11:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Sarai was barren; she had no child.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתְּהִ֥י שָׂרַ֖י עֲקָרָ֑ה אֵ֥ין לָ֖הּ וָלָֽד׃

Transliteration

wə-tᵊhî śāray ʿăqārâ ʾên to-her wālād

Grammar Details

• *wə-tᵊhî*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd feminine singular - and she was
• *śāray*: proper noun - Sarai
• *ʿăqārâ*: adjective feminine singular - barren
• *ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not
• *wālād*: noun masculine singular - child

Word Meanings

• *wə-tᵊhî*: and she was/became
• *śāray*: Sarai
• *ʿăqārâ*: barren/sterile
• *ʾên*: there is not/there was not
• *wālād*: child/offspring/son

Referenced Verses

• Gen 15:2-3 : 2 And Abram said, O Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus? 3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
• Gen 16:1-2 : 1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. 2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing; go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; it may be that I shall obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
• Gen 18:11-12 : 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, [and] well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
• Gen 21:1-2 : 1 And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 2 And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
• Gen 25:21 : 21 And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren: and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
• Gen 29:31 : 31 And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren.
• Gen 30:1-2 : 1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. 2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
• Judg 13:2 : 2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
• 1 Sam 1:2 : 2 and he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
• Ps 113:9 : 9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house, [And to be] a joyful mother of children. Praise ye Jehovah.
• Luke 1:7 : 7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were [now] well stricken in years.
• Luke 1:36 : 36 And behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also hath conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her that was called barren.