Genesis 15:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other: but the birds divided he not.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ל֣וֹ אֶת־כָּל־אֵ֗לֶּה וַיְבַתֵּ֤ר אֹתָם֙ בַּתָּ֔וֶךְ וַיִּתֵּ֥ן אִישׁ־בִּתְר֖וֹ לִקְרַ֣את רֵעֵ֑הוּ וְאֶת־הַצִפֹּ֖ר לֹ֥א בָתָֽר׃

Transliteration

And-yiqqaḥ-to-him et-all-these and-yəḇattēr them in-the-tāweḵ and-yittēn ʾîš-biṯrô to-liqraʾṯ rēʿēhû and-et-the-ṣippōr not ḇāṯār.

Grammar Details

*yiqqaḥ*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he took
*yəḇattēr*: Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he cut in two
*tāweḵ*: masculine singular noun with prefix preposition - in the middle
*yittēn*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with waw consecutive - and he placed
*ʾîš*: each/every - idiomatic usage
*biṯrô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its piece
*liqraʾṯ*: preposition - opposite/toward
*rēʿēhû*: masculine singular noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - its counterpart
*ṣippōr*: feminine singular noun - bird
*ḇāṯār*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he cut in two

Word Meanings

*yəḇattēr*: cut in two/divide/split
*tāweḵ*: middle/midst/center
*biṯrô*: its piece/its half/its part
*liqraʾṯ*: opposite/against/toward
*rēʿēhû*: its counterpart/its companion/its friend/its other half
*ṣippōr*: bird/fowl

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Lev 1:17 : 17 and he shall rend it by the wings thereof, [but] shall not divide it asunder. And the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.
Jer 34:18-19 : 18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, that have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof; 19 the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, that passed between the parts of the calf;
2 Tim 2:15 : 15 Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.
Gen 15:17 : 17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.

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