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Genesis 21:2 — King James Version← Study notes

For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.


Genesis 21:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:211 words
וַתַּהַרwataharAnd be
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
שָׂרָהśārāhSarah
לְאַבְרָהָםləʾavərāhāmTo Abraham
בֵּןbēnSon
לִזְקֻנָיוlizəqunāywTo old age
לַמּוֹעֵדlamwōʿēdTo appointment
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
אֹתוֹʾōtwō
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתַּהַרwataharAnd be
וַתֵּלֶדwatēledAnd bear young
שָׂרָהśārāhSarah
לְאַבְרָהָםləʾavərāhāmTo Abraham
בֵּןbēnSon
לִזְקֻנָיוlizəqunāywTo old age
לַמּוֹעֵדlamwōʿēdTo appointment
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

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