Genesis 20:18 — King James Version← Study notes
“For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham’s wife.”
Genesis 20:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 20:1814 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
עָצֹרʿāṣōrInclose
עָצַרʿāṣarInclose
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
בְּעַדbəʿadIn up to
כָּלkālWhole
רֶחֶםreḥemWomb
לְבֵיתləvêtTo a house
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
עַלʿalAbove
דְּבַרdəvarWord
שָׂרָהśārāhSarah
אֵשֶׁתʾēšetWoman
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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