Genesis 16:5
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”

Young's Literal Translation
And Sarai saith unto Abram, ‘My violence [is] for thee; I—I have given mine handmaid into thy bosom, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and I am lightly esteemed in her eyes; Jehovah doth judge between me and thee.’

King James Bible
And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong [be] upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

Hebrew
Then Sarai
שָׂרַ֣י (śā·ray)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 8297: Sarai -- a wife of Abram

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

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Abram,
אַבְרָם֮ (’aḇ·rām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 87: Abram -- 'exalted father', the original name of Abraham

“May the wrong done to me
חֲמָסִ֣י (ḥă·mā·sî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2555: Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain

[be] upon you!
עָלֶיךָ֒ (‘ā·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

I
אָנֹכִ֗י (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

delivered
נָתַ֤תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

my servant
שִׁפְחָתִי֙ (šip̄·ḥā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8198: Maid, maidservant

into your arms,
בְּחֵיקֶ֔ךָ (bə·ḥê·qe·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2436: The bosom

and ever since she saw
וַתֵּ֙רֶא֙ (wat·tê·re)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 7200: To see

that
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

she was pregnant,
הָרָ֔תָה (hā·rā·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 2029: To conceive, become pregnant

she has treated me with contempt.
וָאֵקַ֖ל (wā·’ê·qal)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

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

judge
יִשְׁפֹּ֥ט (yiš·pōṭ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate

between you and me.”
בֵּינִ֥י (bê·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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