Genesis 20:8 — King James Version← Study notes

“Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.”

Genesis 20:8 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 20:815 words

וַיַּשְׁכֵּםwayašəkēmAnd load up

אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek

בַּבֹּקֶרbabōqerIn dawn

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to

לְכָלləḵālTo whole

עֲבָדָיוʿăvādāywServant

וַיְדַבֵּרwayədabērAnd arrange

אֶתʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

בְּאָזְנֵיהֶםbəʾāzənêhemIn broadness

וַיִּירְאוּwayîrəʾûAnd fear

הָאֲנָשִׁיםhāʾănāšîmThe man

מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence

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

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