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Genesis 16:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.


Genesis 16:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 16:815 words
וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say
הָגָרhāgārHagar
שִׁפְחַתšip̄əḥatFemale slave
שָׂרַיśāraySarai
אֵיʾêWhere?
מִזֶּהmizehFrom this
בָאתvāʾtGo
וְאָנָהwəʾānāhAnd where?
תֵלֵכִיtēlēḵîWalk
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
שָׂרַיśāraySarai
גְּבִרְתִּיgəvirətîMistress
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
בֹּרַחַתbōraḥatBolt
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמַרwayōʾmarAnd say
הָגָרhāgārHagar
שִׁפְחַתšip̄əḥatFemale slave
שָׂרַיśāraySarai
אֵיʾêWhere?
מִזֶּהmizehFrom this
בָאתvāʾtGo
וְאָנָהwəʾānāhAnd where?
תֵלֵכִיtēlēḵîWalk
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
שָׂרַיśāraySarai
גְּבִרְתִּיgəvirətîMistress
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
בֹּרַחַתbōraḥatBolt

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