King James Version

Genesis 18:9

And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

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וַיֹּאמְר֣וּvayomrvand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…אֵׄלָׄ֔יׄוׄelayvamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).אַיֵּ֖הayehwhereאַיֵּהparticle, interrogative — “where”H346where?where.שָׂרָ֣הsarahSarahשָׂרָהnoun, proper name — “Sarah”H8283Sarah, Abraham's wifeSarah.אִשְׁתֶּ֑ךָishtekhaeachאִשָּׁהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “each”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvayomerand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…הִנֵּ֥הhinehloהִנֵּהparticle, demonstrative — “lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.בָאֹֽהֶלvaohelin tentאֹהֶלpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in tent”, the ordinary formH168a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they said unto him: 'Where is Sarah thy wife?' And he said: 'Behold, in the tent.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

Young’s Literal Translation

And they say unto him, 'Where [is] Sarah thy wife?' and he saith, 'Lo — in the tent;'

World English Bible

They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “There, in the tent.”

Darby Translation

And they said to him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

Douay-Rheims

And when they had eaten, they said to him: Where is Sara thy wife? He answered: Lo, she is in the tent.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they said unto him: 'Where is Sarah thy wife?' And he said: 'Behold, in the tent.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And he said to him, Where is Sarrha thy wife? And he answered and said, Behold! in the tent.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν, ποῦ Σάῤῥα ἡ γυνή σου; ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν, ἰδοὺ ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ.