Genesis 21:16 — King James Version← Study notes
“And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.”
Genesis 21:16 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 21:1619 words
וַתֵּלֶךְwatēleḵəAnd walk
וַתֵּשֶׁבwatēševAnd sit
לָהּlāhTo
מִנֶּגֶדminegedFrom front
הַרְחֵקharəḥēqWiden
כִּמְטַחֲוֵיkiməṭaḥăwêLike stretch
קֶשֶׁתqešetBow
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אָמְרָהʾāmərāhSay
אַלʾalNot
אֶרְאֶהʾerəʾehSee
בְּמוֹתbəmwōtIn death
הַיָּלֶדhayāledThe something born
וַתֵּשֶׁבwatēševAnd sit
מִנֶּגֶדminegedFrom front
וַתִּשָּׂאwatiśāʾAnd lift
אֶתʾet—
קֹלָהּqōlāhVoice
וַתֵּבְךְּwatēvəkəAnd weep
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