Genesis 18:13 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?”
Genesis 18:13 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 18:1314 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?
זֶּהzehThis
צָחֲקָהṣāḥăqāhLaugh outright
שָׂרָהśārāhSarah
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הַאַףhaʾap̄Accession
אֻמְנָםʾumənāmIn deed; of a surety.
אֵלֵדʾēlēdBear young
וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I
זָקַנְתִּיzāqanətîBe old
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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