Genesis 12:14 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.”

Genesis 12:14 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 12:1412 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

כְּבוֹאkəvwōʾLike go

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

מִצְרָיְמָהmiṣərāyəmāhMitsrajim

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see

הַמִּצְרִיםhamiṣərîmThe Mitsrite

אֶתʾet—

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יָפָהyāp̄āhBeautiful

הִואhiwʾHe

מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

כְּבוֹאkəvwōʾLike go

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

מִצְרָיְמָהmiṣərāyəmāhMitsrajim

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see

הַמִּצְרִיםhamiṣərîmThe Mitsrite

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יָפָהyāp̄āhBeautiful

הִואhiwʾHe

מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence

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