Genesis 16:3 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.”
Genesis 16:3 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 16:321 words
וַתִּקַּחwatiqaḥAnd take
שָׂרַיśāraySarai
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
אֶתʾet—
הָגָרhāgārHagar
הַמִּצְרִיתhamiṣərîtThe Mitsrite
שִׁפְחָתָהּšip̄əḥātāhFemale slave
מִקֵּץmiqēṣFrom extremity
עֶשֶׂרʿeśerTen
שָׁנִיםšānîmYear
לְשֶׁבֶתləševetTo sit
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan
וַתִּתֵּןwatitēnAnd give
אֹתָהּʾōtāh—
לְאַבְרָםləʾavərāmTo Abram
אִישָׁהּʾîšāhMan
לוֹlwōTo
לְאִשָּׁהləʾišāhTo woman
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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