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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 18:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 18:1211 words
וַתִּצְחַקwatiṣəḥaqAnd laugh outright
שָׂרָהśārāhSarah
בְּקִרְבָּהּbəqirəbāhIn nearest
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
בְלֹתִיvəlōtîFail
הָיְתָהhāyətāhExist
לִּיTo
עֶדְנָהʿedənāhPleasure
וַאדֹנִיwaʾdōnîAnd sovereign
זָקֵןzāqēnBe old
Words 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
לִּיTo
עֶדְנָהʿedənāhPleasure
וַאדֹנִיwaʾdōnîAnd sovereign
זָקֵןzāqēnBe old

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