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Genesis 16:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the Lord hath heard thy affliction.


Genesis 16:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 16:1116 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לָהּlāhTo
מַלְאַךְmaləʾaḵəMessenger
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
הִנָּךְhināḵəLo!
הָרָהhārāhPregnant
וְיֹלַדְתְּwəyōladətəAnd bear young
בֵּןbēnSon
וְקָרָאתwəqārāʾtAnd call out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
יִשְׁמָעֵאלyišəmāʿēʾlJishmael
כִּיRelative conjunction
שָׁמַעšāmaʿHear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
עָנְיֵךְʿānəyēḵəDepression
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לָהּlāhTo
מַלְאַךְmaləʾaḵəMessenger
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
הִנָּךְhināḵəLo!
הָרָהhārāhPregnant
וְיֹלַדְתְּwəyōladətəAnd bear young
בֵּןbēnSon
וְקָרָאתwəqārāʾtAnd call out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
יִשְׁמָעֵאלyišəmāʿēʾlJishmael
כִּיRelative conjunction
שָׁמַעšāmaʿHear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
עָנְיֵךְʿānəyēḵəDepression

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