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Sarahשָׂרָהsaid,וַתֹּאמֶר“Elohimאֱלֹהִיםhas madeעָשָׂהlaughterצְחֹקfor me;לִיeveryoneכָּלwho hearsהַשֹּׁמֵעַwill laughיִצְחַקwith me.”לִי
Genesis 21:6
Study it in the app“Sarah said, “Elohim has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 21:6, word by word
- Sarahשָׂרָהsara
Sarah
Sarah, the name God gave to Sarai, wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. It means "princess".
Where else “sara” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- has madeעָשָׂהasa
make
To build or create something.
Where else “asa” appears- laughterצְחֹקtsechok
laughter
Laughter.
Where else “tsechok” appears- who hearsשֹּׁמֵעַshomea
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shomea” appears- will laughיִצְחַקyitschak
laugh
To laugh, like Sarah at the promise.
Where else “yitschak” appears
Translation note
“Laughter” (tsechoq) and “will laugh” (yitschaq) repeat the name Isaac (Yitschaq).
The context
5Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac his son was born to him.
6 · This verse (above)
7And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
To study Genesis 21 in a group
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?