Genesis 12:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.”

Genesis 12:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 12:1713 words

וַיְנַגַּעwayənagaʿAnd touch

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾet—

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

נְגָעִיםnəgāʿîmBlow

גְּדֹלִיםgədōlîmGreat

וְאֶתwəʾet—

בֵּיתוֹbêtwōA house

עַלʿalAbove

דְּבַרdəvarWord

שָׂרַיśāraySarai

אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְנַגַּעwayənagaʿAnd touch

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

נְגָעִיםnəgāʿîmBlow

גְּדֹלִיםgədōlîmGreat

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בֵּיתוֹbêtwōA house

עַלʿalAbove

דְּבַרdəvarWord

שָׂרַיśāraySarai

אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

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