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Genesis 11:29 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.


Genesis 11:29Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 11:2919 words
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
וְנָחוֹרwənāḥwōrAnd Nachor
לָהֶםlāhemTo
נָשִׁיםnāšîmWoman
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
שָׂרָיśārāySarai
וְשֵׁםwəšēmAnd appellation
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
נָחוֹרnāḥwōrNachor
מִלְכָּהmiləkāhMilcah
בַּתbatDaughter
הָרָןhārānHaran
אֲבִיʾăvîFather
מִלְכָּהmiləkāhMilcah
וַאֲבִיwaʾăvîAnd father
יִסְכָּהyisəkāhJiskah
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
וְנָחוֹרwənāḥwōrAnd Nachor
לָהֶםlāhemTo
נָשִׁיםnāšîmWoman
שֵׁםšēmAppellation
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
שָׂרָיśārāySarai
וְשֵׁםwəšēmAnd appellation
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
נָחוֹרnāḥwōrNachor
מִלְכָּהmiləkāhMilcah
בַּתbatDaughter
הָרָןhārānHaran
אֲבִיʾăvîFather
מִלְכָּהmiləkāhMilcah
וַאֲבִיwaʾăvîAnd father
יִסְכָּהyisəkāhJiskah

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