Genesis 20:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.”

Genesis 20:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 20:112 words

וַיִּסַּעwayisaʿAnd pull

מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth

הַנֶּגֶבhanegevThe south

וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit

בֵּיןbênBetween

קָדֵשׁqādēšKadesh

וּבֵיןûvênAnd between

שׁוּרšûrShur

וַיָּגָרwayāgārAnd turn

בִּגְרָרbigərārIn Gerar

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּסַּעwayisaʿAnd pull

מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth

הַנֶּגֶבhanegevThe south

וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit

בֵּיןbênBetween

קָדֵשׁqādēšKadesh

וּבֵיןûvênAnd between

שׁוּרšûrShur

וַיָּגָרwayāgārAnd turn

בִּגְרָרbigərārIn Gerar

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