Genesis 21:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.”

Genesis 21:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:1915 words

וַיִּפְקַחwayip̄əqaḥAnd open

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾet—

עֵינֶיהָʿêneyhāEye

וַתֵּרֶאwatēreʾAnd see

בְּאֵרbəʾērPit

מָיִםmāyimWaters

וַתֵּלֶךְwatēleḵəAnd walk

וַתְּמַלֵּאwatəmalēʾAnd fill

אֶתʾet—

הַחֵמֶתhaḥēmetThe skin bottle

מַיִםmayimWaters

וַתַּשְׁקְwatašəqəAnd quaff

אֶתʾet—

הַנָּעַרhanāʿarThe boy

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּפְקַחwayip̄əqaḥAnd open

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֵינֶיהָʿêneyhāEye

וַתֵּרֶאwatēreʾAnd see

בְּאֵרbəʾērPit

מָיִםmāyimWaters

וַתֵּלֶךְwatēleḵəAnd walk

וַתְּמַלֵּאwatəmalēʾAnd fill

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַחֵמֶתhaḥēmetThe skin bottle

מַיִםmayimWaters

וַתַּשְׁקְwatašəqəAnd quaff

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַנָּעַרhanāʿarThe boy

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