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Genesis 20:17 — King James Version← Study notes

So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.


Genesis 20:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 20:1712 words
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּלwayitəpalēlAnd judge
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶלʾelNear
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
וַיִּרְפָּאwayirəpāʾAnd mend
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾet
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
וְאֶתwəʾet
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
וְאַמְהֹתָיוwəʾaməhōtāywAnd maid-servant
וַיֵּלֵדוּwayēlēdûAnd bear young
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּלwayitəpalēlAnd judge
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶלʾelNear
הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God
וַיִּרְפָּאwayirəpāʾAnd mend
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
וְאַמְהֹתָיוwəʾaməhōtāywAnd maid-servant
וַיֵּלֵדוּwayēlēdûAnd bear young

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