Genesis 21:14 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.”

Genesis 21:14 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:1421 words

וַיַּשְׁכֵּםwayašəkēmAnd load up

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

בַּבֹּקֶרbabōqerIn dawn

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

לֶחֶםleḥemFood

וְחֵמַתwəḥēmatAnd skin bottle

מַיִםmayimWaters

וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give

אֶלʾelNear

הָגָרhāgārHagar

שָׂםśāmPut

עַלʿalAbove

שִׁכְמָהּšiḵəmāhNeck

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַיֶּלֶדhayeledThe something born

וַיְשַׁלְּחֶהָwayəšaləḥehāAnd send

וַתֵּלֶךְwatēleḵəAnd walk

וַתֵּתַעwatētaʿAnd vacillate

בְּמִדְבַּרbəmidəbarIn pasture

בְּאֵרbəʾēr—

שָׁבַעšāvaʿBeer-Sheba

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

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