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And Abraham
'Abraham (ab-raw-hawm')
father of a multitude; Abraham, the later name of Abram -- Abraham.
took
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
sheep
tso'n (tsone)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
and oxen
baqar (baw-kawr')
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd -- beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox.
and gave
nathan (naw-than')
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
them unto Abimelech
'Abiymelek (ab-ee-mel'-ek)
father of (the) king; Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites -- Abimelech.
and both of them
shnayim (shen-ah'-yim)
two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
made
karath (kaw-rath')
to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant
a covenant
briyth (ber-eeth')
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh) -- confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league. |
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