Genesis 25:22
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So Rebekah went to inquire of the LORD,

Young's Literal Translation
and the children struggle together within her, and she saith, ‘If [it is] right—why [am] I thus?’ and she goeth to seek Jehovah.

King James Bible
And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If [it be] so, why [am] I thus? And she went to enquire of the LORD.

Hebrew
But the children
הַבָּנִים֙ (hab·bā·nîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

inside her
בְּקִרְבָּ֔הּ (bə·qir·bāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 7130: The nearest part, the center

struggled with each other,
וַיִּתְרֹֽצֲצ֤וּ (way·yiṯ·rō·ṣă·ṣū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7533: To crack in pieces

and she said,
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

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

is this
זֶּ֖ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

happening to me?”
אָנֹ֑כִי (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

So [Rebekah] went
וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ (wat·tê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to inquire
לִדְרֹ֥שׁ (liḏ·rōš)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship

of the LORD,
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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