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Genesis 21:22 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:


Genesis 21:22Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:2217 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בָּעֵתbāʿētIn time
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
וּפִיכֹלûp̄îḵōlAnd Picol
שַׂרśarHead
צְבָאוֹṣəvāʾwōMass
אֶלʾelNear
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
עִמְּךָʿiməḵāWith
בְּכֹלbəḵōlIn whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
עֹשֶׂהʿōśehDo
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
בָּעֵתbāʿētIn time
הַהִואhahiwʾThe he
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
וּפִיכֹלûp̄îḵōlAnd Picol
שַׂרśarHead
צְבָאוֹṣəvāʾwōMass
אֶלʾelNear
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
עִמְּךָʿiməḵāWith
בְּכֹלbəḵōlIn whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
עֹשֶׂהʿōśehDo

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