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 16:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 16:519 words

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say

שָׂרַיśāraySarai

אֶלʾelNear

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

חֲמָסִיḥămāsîViolence

עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

נָתַתִּיnātatîGive

שִׁפְחָתִיšip̄əḥātîFemale slave

בְּחֵיקֶךָbəḥêqeḵāIn bosom

וַתֵּרֶאwatēreʾAnd see

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

הָרָתָהhārātāhBe

וָאֵקַלwāʾēqalAnd be

בְּעֵינֶיהָbəʿêneyhāIn eye

יִשְׁפֹּטyišəpōṭJudge

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בֵּינִיbênîBetween

וּבֵינֶיׄךָûvêneyḵāAnd between

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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