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Genesis 16:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.


Genesis 16:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 16:220 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶרwatōʾmer
and she saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שָׂרַ֜יśāray
SarainounH8297
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אַבְרָ֗םʾabərām
AbramnounH87
הִנֵּהhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
נָ֞אnāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
עֲצָרַ֤/נִיʿăṣāraniy
he has restrained meverbH6113
be able · detain · fast · keep (self close ···
יְהוָה֙yəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מִ/לֶּ֔דֶתmiledet
from bearing childrenpronH3205
beget · birth · born · bring forth (children ···
בֹּאbōʾ
goverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
נָא֙nāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
אֶלʾel
intopronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
שִׁפְחָתִ֔/יšipəḥātiy
maidservant mynounH8198
hand-) maid(-en · -servant) · wench · bondwoman ···
אוּלַ֥יʾwlay
perhapsadvH194
may be · peradventure · unless
אִבָּנֶ֖הʾibāneh
I will be built upverbH1129
obtain children · make · repair · set ···
מִמֶּ֑/נָּהmimenāh
abovepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֥עwayišəmaʿ
and he listenedconjH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
אַבְרָ֖םʾabərām
AbramnounH87
לְ/ק֥וֹלləqwōl
to the voice ofpronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
שָׂרָֽיśārāy
SarainounH8297
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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