Genesis 16:1 — King James Version← Study notes
“Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.”
Genesis 16:1 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 16:111 words
וְשָׂרַיwəśārayAnd Sarai
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
לֹאlōʾNot
יָלְדָהyālədāhBear young
לוֹlwōTo
וְלָהּwəlāhAnd to
שִׁפְחָהšip̄əḥāhFemale slave
מִצְרִיתmiṣərîtMitsrite
וּשְׁמָהּûšəmāhAnd appellation
הָגָרhāgārHagar
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