Genesis 16:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.”

Genesis 16:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 16:711 words

וַיִּמְצָאָהּwayiməṣāʾāhAnd come

מַלְאַךְmaləʾaḵəMessenger

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

עַלʿalAbove

עֵיןʿênEye

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture

עַלʿalAbove

הָעַיִןhāʿayinThe eye

בְּדֶרֶךְbədereḵəIn road

שׁוּרšûrShur

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּמְצָאָהּwayiməṣāʾāhAnd come

מַלְאַךְmaləʾaḵəMessenger

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

עַלʿalAbove

עֵיןʿênEye

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture

עַלʿalAbove

הָעַיִןhāʿayinThe eye

בְּדֶרֶךְbədereḵəIn road

שׁוּרšûrShur

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