King James Version

Genesis 21:15

And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

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וַיִּכְל֥וּvayikhlvand ceaseכָּלָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and cease”, the next action in the storyH3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, [idiom] fully, [idiom] have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make cle…הַמַּ֖יִםhamayimthe waterמַיִםdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הַחֵ֑מֶתhachemetthe bottleחֵמֶתdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the bottle”, the ordinary formH2573a skin bottle (as tied up)bottle.וַתַּשְׁלֵ֣ךְvatashlekheand throwשָׁלַךְconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and throw”, the next action in the storyH7993to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַיֶּ֔לֶדhayeledthe childיֶלֶדdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the child”, the ordinary formH3206something born, i.e. a lad or offspringboy, child, fruit, son, young man (one).תַּ֖חַתtachatwithתַּחַתpreposition — “with”H8478the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.as, beneath, [idiom] flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, [idiom] unto, [idiom] when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.אַחַ֥דachadfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,הַשִּׂיחִֽםhasichimthe bushשִׂיחַdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the bush”, the ordinary formH7880a shoot (as if uttered or put forth), i.e. (generally) shrubberybush, plant, shrub.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs.

World English Bible

The water in the container was spent, and she put the child under one of the shrubs.

Darby Translation

And the water was exhausted from the flask; and she cast the child under one of the shrubs,

Douay-Rheims

And when the water in the bottle was spent, she cast the boy under one of the trees that were there.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the water failed out of the skin, and she cast the child under a fir tree.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξέλιπε δὲ τὸ ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ ἀσκου· καὶ ἔῤῥιψε τὸ παιδίον ὑποκάτω μιᾶς ἐλάτης·

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