Genesis 17:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.”

Genesis 17:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 17:1514 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶלʾelNear

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

שָׂרַיśāraySarai

אִשְׁתְּךָʾišətəḵāWoman

לֹאlōʾNot

תִקְרָאtiqərāʾCall out to

אֶתʾet—

שְׁמָהּšəmāhAppellation

שָׂרָיśārāySarai

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שָׂרָהśārāhSarah

שְׁמָהּšəmāhAppellation

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶלʾelNear

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

שָׂרַיśāraySarai

אִשְׁתְּךָʾišətəḵāWoman

לֹאlōʾNot

תִקְרָאtiqərāʾCall out to

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שְׁמָהּšəmāhAppellation

שָׂרָיśārāySarai

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שָׂרָהśārāhSarah

שְׁמָהּšəmāhAppellation

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