“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תֵּלֶךְ֩watēlekə
awayconjH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
וַ/תֵּ֨שֶׁבwatēšeb
and she satconjH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
לָ֜/הּlāh
pron
מִ/נֶּ֗גֶדmineged
from beforepronH5048
against · aloof · far · from ···
הַרְחֵק֙harəḥēq
at a distanceverbH7368
be · cast · drive · get ···
כִּ/מְטַחֲוֵ֣יkiməṭaḥăwēy
like the shooters ofpronH2909
קֶ֔שֶׁתqešet
a bownounH7198
arch · arrow · -shot)
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אָֽמְרָ֔הʾāmərāh
she saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
אֶרְאֶ֖הʾerəʾeh
I lookverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
בְּ/מ֣וֹתbəmwōt
on the death ofpronH4194
death · die
הַ/יָּ֑לֶדhayāled
the boyparticleH3206
child · fruit · son · young man
וַ/תֵּ֣שֶׁבwatēšeb
and she satconjH3427
continue · (cause to · make to) dwell · ease self ···
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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