Genesis 21:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and Sarah saith, `God hath made laughter for me; every one who is hearing laugheth for me.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר שָׂרָ֔ה צְחֹ֕ק עָ֥שָׂה לִ֖י אֱלֹהִ֑ים כָּל־הַשֹּׁמֵ֖עַ יִֽצְחַק־לִֽי׃

Transliteration

And tōʾmer Śārāh ṣəḥōq ʿāśâ lî ʾĕlōhîm all-haššōmēaʿ yiṣḥaq-lî.

Grammar Details

• *wə-*: conjunction with consecutive imperfect - and (sequential action)
• *tōʾmer*: qal imperfect with waw consecutive, 3rd feminine singular - she said
• *Śārāh*: proper noun, subject - Sarah
• *ṣəḥōq*: masculine singular noun - laughter
• *ʿāśâ*: qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he made/did
• *lî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - for me/with me
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: masculine plural noun (used as singular) - God
• *kol*: construct - all of
• *ha-*: definite article - the
• *šōmēaʿ*: qal participle, masculine singular - one hearing/hearer
• *yiṣḥaq*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will laugh

Word Meanings

• *tōʾmer*: said/declared
• *ṣəḥōq*: laughter/joke/mockery/amusement
• *ʿāśâ*: made/done/brought about
• *šōmēaʿ*: one who hears/listener
• *yiṣḥaq*: will laugh/will rejoice
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods/divine beings (here used as singular)

Referenced Verses

• Isa 54:1 : 1 Sing, O barren, she hath not borne! Break forth with singing, and cry aloud, She hath not brought forth! For more `are' the sons of the desolate, Than the sons of the married one, said Jehovah.
• Gen 17:17 : 17 And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, `To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah -- daughter of ninety years -- bear?'
• Gen 18:12-15 : 12 and Abraham and Sarah `are' aged, entering into days -- the way of women hath ceased to be to Sarah; 13 and Sarah laugheth in her heart, saying, `After I have waxed old I have had pleasure! -- my lord also `is' old!' 14 And Jehovah saith unto Abraham, `Why `is' this? Sarah hath laughed, saying, Is it true really -- I bear -- and I am aged? Is any thing too wonderful for Jehovah? at the appointed time I return unto thee, about the time of life, and Sarah hath a son.' 15 And Sarah denieth, saying, `I did not laugh;' for she hath been afraid; and He saith, `Nay, but thou didst laugh.'
• Ps 126:2 : 2 Then filled `with' laughter is our mouth, And our tongue `with' singing, Then do they say among nations, `Jehovah did great things with these.'
• Isa 49:15 : 15 Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one -- the son of her womb? Yea, these forget -- but I -- I forget not thee.
• Isa 49:21 : 21 And thou hast said in thy heart: `Who hath begotten for me -- these? And I bereaved and gloomy, A captive, and turned aside, And these -- who hath nourished? Lo, I -- I was left by myself, these -- whence `are' they?
• 1 Sam 1:26-2:10 : 26 and she saith, `O, my lord, thy soul liveth! my lord, I `am' the woman who stood with thee in this `place', to pray unto Jehovah; 27 for this youth I prayed, and Jehovah doth give to me my petition which I asked of Him; 28 and also I have caused him to be asked for Jehovah, all the days that he hath lived -- he is asked for Jehovah;' and he boweth himself there before Jehovah. 1 And Hannah prayeth, and saith: `My heart hath exulted in Jehovah, My horn hath been high in Jehovah, My mouth hath been large over mine enemies, For I have rejoiced in Thy salvation. 2 There is none holy like Jehovah, For there is none save Thee, And there is no rock like our God. 3 Ye multiply not -- ye speak haughtily -- The old saying goeth out from your mouth, For a God of knowledge `is' Jehovah, And by Him actions are weighed. 4 Bows of the mighty are broken, And the stumbling have girded on strength. 5 The satiated for bread hired themselves, And the hungry have ceased. While the barren hath borne seven, And she abounding with sons hath languished. 6 Jehovah putteth to death, and keepeth alive, He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up. 7 Jehovah dispossesseth, and He maketh rich, He maketh low, yea, He maketh high. 8 He raiseth from the dust the poor, From a dunghill He lifteth up the needy, To cause `them' to sit with nobles, Yea, a throne of honour He doth cause them to inherit, For to Jehovah `are' the fixtures of earth, And He setteth on them the habitable world. 9 The feet of His saints He keepeth, And the wicked in darkness are silent, For not by power doth man become mighty. 10 Jehovah -- broken down are His adversaries, Against them in the heavens He thundereth: Jehovah judgeth the ends of earth, And giveth strength to His king, And exalteth the horn of His anointed.'
• Ps 113:9 : 9 Causing the barren one of the house to sit, A joyful mother of sons; praise ye Jah!
• Luke 1:14 : 14 and there shall be joy to thee, and gladness, and many at his birth shall joy,
• Luke 1:46-55 : 46 And Mary said, `My soul doth magnify the Lord, 47 And my spirit was glad on God my Saviour, 48 Because He looked on the lowliness of His maid-servant, For, lo, henceforth call me happy shall all the generations, 49 For He who is mighty did to me great things, And holy `is' His name, 50 And His kindness `is' to generations of generations, To those fearing Him, 51 He did powerfully with His arm, He scattered abroad the proud in the thought of their heart, 52 He brought down the mighty from thrones, And He exalted the lowly, 53 The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty, 54 He received again Israel His servant, To remember kindness, 55 As He spake unto our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed -- to the age.'
• Luke 1:58 : 58 and the neighbours and her kindred heard that the Lord was making His kindness great with her, and they were rejoicing with her.
• John 16:21-22 : 21 `The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world. 22 `And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,
• Rom 12:15 : 15 to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,
• Gal 4:27-28 : 27 for it hath been written, `Rejoice, O barren, who art not bearing; break forth and cry, thou who art not travailing, because many `are' the children of the desolate -- more than of her having the husband.' 28 And we, brethren, as Isaac, are children of promise,
• Heb 11:11 : 11 By faith also Sarah herself did receive power to conceive seed, and she bare after the time of life, seeing she did judge Him faithful who did promise;