Genesis 21:29
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

Young's Literal Translation
And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, ‘What [are] they—these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?’

King James Bible
And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

Hebrew
and Abimelech
אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ (’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 40: Abimelech -- 'father is king', a Philistine name, also an Israelite name

asked
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

[him],
אַבְרָהָ֑ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

“Why
מָ֣ה (māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

have you set apart
הִצַּ֖בְתָּ (hiṣ·ṣaḇ·tā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5324: To take one's stand, stand

these
הָאֵ֔לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

seven
שֶׁ֤בַע (še·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

ewe lambs?”
כְּבָשֹׂת֙ (kə·ḇā·śōṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 3535: Ewe lamb

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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