Genesis 18:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

Genesis 18:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 18:1211 words

וַתִּצְחַקwatiṣəḥaqAnd laugh outright

שָׂרָהśārāhSarah

בְּקִרְבָּהּbəqirəbāhIn nearest

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

בְלֹתִיvəlōtîFail

הָיְתָהhāyətāhExist

לִּיlîTo

עֶדְנָהʿedənāhPleasure

וַאדֹנִיwaʾdōnîAnd sovereign

זָקֵןzāqēnBe old

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַתִּצְחַקwatiṣəḥaqAnd laugh outright

שָׂרָהśārāhSarah

בְּקִרְבָּהּbəqirəbāhIn nearest

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

בְלֹתִיvəlōtîFail

הָיְתָהhāyətāhExist

לִּיlîTo

עֶדְנָהʿedənāhPleasure

וַאדֹנִיwaʾdōnîAnd sovereign

זָקֵןzāqēnBe old

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