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Genesis 16:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee.


Genesis 16:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 16:519 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶרwatōʾmer
and she saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
שָׂרַ֣יśāray
SarainounH8297
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אַבְרָם֮ʾabərām
AbramnounH87
חֲמָסִ֣/יḥămāsiy
injustice mynounH2555
damage · false · injustice · oppressor ···
עָלֶי/ךָ֒ʿāleykā
is on youpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אָנֹכִ֗יʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
נָתַ֤תִּיnātatiy
I putverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
שִׁפְחָתִ/י֙šipəḥātiy
maidservant mynounH8198
hand-) maid(-en · -servant) · wench · bondwoman ···
בְּ/חֵיקֶ֔/ךָbəḥēyqekā
in bosom yourpronH2436
bottom · lap · midst · within
וַ/תֵּ֨רֶא֙watēreʾ
and she has seenconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
כִּ֣יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הָרָ֔תָהhārātāh
she had conceivedverbH2029
be with child · conceive · progenitor
וָ/אֵקַ֖לwāʾēqal
and I have become insignificantconjH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
בְּ/עֵינֶ֑י/הָbəʿēyneyhā
in view herpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
יִשְׁפֹּ֥טyišəpōṭ
may he judgeverbH8199
avenge · that condemn · defend · execute ···
יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
בֵּינִ֥/יbēyniy
between mepronH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
וּ/בֵינֶֽיׄ/ךָwbēyneykā
and between youconjH996
asunder · at · between · from ···
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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