Genesis 12:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.”

Genesis 12:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 12:2012 words

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan

וַיְשַׁלְּחוּwayəšaləḥûAnd send

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

וְאֶתwəʾet—

אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman

וְאֶתwəʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לוֹlwōTo

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

פַּרְעֹהparəʿōhParoh

אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan

וַיְשַׁלְּחוּwayəšaləḥûAnd send

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לוֹlwōTo

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