Study it in the app“Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about a bowshot away, for she said, “Let me not see the death of the child.” And she sat opposite him, lifted up her voice, and wept.”
Hagar and her son, sent away into the wilderness, are heard by GodLoneliness
Then she wentוַתֵּלֶךְand sat downוַתֵּשֶׁב לָהּopposite himמִנֶּגֶדa good way off,הַרְחֵקaboutכִּa bowshot away,מְטַחֲוֵי קֶשֶׁתforכִּיshe said,אָמְרָה“Let me not seeאַל אֶרְאֶהthe deathבְּמוֹתof the child.”הַיָּלֶדAnd she satוַתֵּשֶׁבopposite him,מִנֶּגֶדlifted upוַתִּשָּׂאher voice,אֶת קֹלָהּand wept.וַתֵּבְךְּ
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “teshev” appearsin front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “neged” appearsbe far
To be distant: "do not stay away from me".
Where else “harchek” appearsshoot a bow
Draw a bow. "A bowshot away": the distance an arrow reaches.
Where else “metachave” appearsbow
A curved wooden weapon with a string, which shoots arrows.
Where else “keshet” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amra” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “ere” appearsdeath
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appearschild
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yaled” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “tisa” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kola” appearsweep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “tevk” appears15When the water in the skin was used up, she threw the child under one of the bushes.
16 · This verse (above)
17Elohim heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of Elohim called to Hagar from the heavens and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for Elohim has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
1. What it says
What happened when Isaac was born, and what did Sarah say (vv. 1-7)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Elohim’s care that he heard the voice of the boy in the wilderness (vv. 17-19)?
3. How I live it
Whom that seems to be pushed aside can you give time and attention today?
