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Genesis 21:20 — King James Version← Study notes

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.


Genesis 21:20Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:2010 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾetNearness
הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy
וַיִּגְדָּלwayigədālAnd be
וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
רֹבֶהrōvehIncrease
קַשָּׁתqašātBowman
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶתʾetNearness
הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy
וַיִּגְדָּלwayigədālAnd be
וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit
בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidəbārIn pasture
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
רֹבֶהrōvehIncrease
קַשָּׁתqašātBowman

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