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 16:11 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 16:1116 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
לָהּlāhTo
מַלְאַךְmaləʾaḵəMessenger
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
הִנָּךְhināḵəLo!
הָרָהhārāhPregnant
וְיֹלַדְתְּwəyōladətəAnd bear young
בֵּןbēnSon
וְקָרָאתwəqārāʾtAnd call out to
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
יִשְׁמָעֵאלyišəmāʿēʾlJishmael
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
שָׁמַעšāmaʿHear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
עָנְיֵךְʿānəyēḵəDepression
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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