Genesis 21:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.”

Genesis 21:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:1223 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶלʾelNear

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אַלʾalNot

יֵרַעyēraʿSpoil

בְּעֵינֶיךָbəʿêneyḵāIn eye

עַלʿalAbove

הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy

וְעַלwəʿalAnd above

אֲמָתֶךָʾămāteḵāMaid-servant

כֹּלkōlWhole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

תֹּאמַרtōʾmarSay

אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear

שָׂרָהśārāhSarah

שְׁמַעšəmaʿHear

בְּקֹלָהּbəqōlāhIn voice

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

בְיִצְחָקvəyiṣəḥāqIn Isaac

יִקָּרֵאyiqārēʾCall out to

לְךָləḵāTo

זָרַעzāraʿSeed

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

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