“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֱלֹהִ֜יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אַבְרָהָ֗םʾabərāhām
AbrahamnounH85
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
יֵרַ֤עyēraʿ
it be displeasingverbH7489
associate selves (by mistake for
בְּ/עֵינֶ֨י/ךָ֙bəʿēyneykā
in view yourpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/נַּ֣עַרhanaʿar
the ladparticleH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
וְ/עַלwəʿal
and onconjH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אֲמָתֶ֔/ךָʾămātekā
slave woman yournounH519
maid
כֹּל֩kōl
allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
תֹּאמַ֥רtōʾmar
she saysverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלֶ֛י/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
שָׂרָ֖הśārāh
SarahnounH8283
שְׁמַ֣עšəmaʿ
listenverbH8085
attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···
בְּ/קֹלָ֑/הּbəqōlāh
to voice herpronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
בְ/יִצְחָ֔קbəyiṣəḥāq
in IsaacpronH3327
יִקָּרֵ֥אyiqārēʾ
it will be namedverbH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
לְ/ךָ֖ləkā
pron
זָֽרַעzāraʿ
offspringnounH2233
carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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