Genesis 21:29
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And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewelambs which thou hast set apart?

Genesis 21:28
And Abraham set apart seven ewelambs of the flock.

Genesis 21:30
But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.

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And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewelambs which thou hast set apart?

Genesis 33:8 And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favour before my lord.

Exodus 12:26 And when your children shall say to you: What is the meaning of this service?

1 Samuel 15:14 And Samuel said: What meaneth then this bleating of the flocks, which soundeth in my ears, and the lowing of the herds, which I hear?

Context
The Covenant at Beersheba
28And Abraham set apart seven ewelambs of the flock. 29And Abimelech said to him: What mean these seven ewelambs which thou hast set apart?30But he said: Thou shalt take seven ewelambs at my hand: that they may be a testimony for me, that I dug this well.…
Lexicon
and Abimelech
אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ (’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 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 Hebrew 559: To utter, say

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

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

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

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

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

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


Additional Translations
and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

And Abimelech said to Abraam, What are these seven ewe-lambs which thou hast set alone?

And Abimelech said to Abraham, What [mean] these seven ewe-lambs, these which thou hast set by themselves?

And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe-lambs, which thou hast set by themselves?

Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?"

And Abimelech saith unto Abraham, 'What are they -- these seven lambs which thou hast set by themselves?'
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