Genesis 12:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.”

Genesis 12:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 12:1512 words

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

שָׂרֵיśārêHead

פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh

וַיְהַלְלוּwayəhaləlûAnd be clear

אֹתָהּʾōtāh—

אֶלʾelNear

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

וַתֻּקַּחwatuqaḥAnd take

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

בֵּיתbêtA house

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

שָׂרֵיśārêHead

פַרְעֹהp̄arəʿōhParoh

וַיְהַלְלוּwayəhaləlûAnd be clear

אֹתָהּʾōtāhdirect object marker (no translation)

אֶלʾelNear

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

וַתֻּקַּחwatuqaḥAnd take

הָאִשָּׁהhāʾišāhThe woman

בֵּיתbêtA house

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

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