Genesis 21:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.”

Genesis 21:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:1510 words

וַיִּכְלוּwayiḵəlûAnd end

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

מִןminPart

הַחֵמֶתhaḥēmetThe skin bottle

וַתַּשְׁלֵךְwatašəlēḵəAnd throw

אֶתʾet—

הַיֶּלֶדhayeledThe something born

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

אַחַדʾaḥadUnited

הַשִּׂיחִםhaśîḥimThe shoot

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּכְלוּwayiḵəlûAnd end

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

מִןminPart

הַחֵמֶתhaḥēmetThe skin bottle

וַתַּשְׁלֵךְwatašəlēḵəAnd throw

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַיֶּלֶדhayeledThe something born

תַּחַתtaḥatBottom

אַחַדʾaḥadUnited

הַשִּׂיחִםhaśîḥimThe shoot

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