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Genesis 21:23 — King James Version← Study notes

Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.


Genesis 21:23Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:2321 words
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
הִשָּׁבְעָהhišāvəʿāhSeven
לִּיTo
בֵאלֹהִיםvēʾlōhîmIn God
הֵנָּהhēnāhHither
אִםʾimLo!
תִּשְׁקֹרtišəqōrCheat
לִיTo
וּלְנִינִיûlənînîAnd to progeny
וּלְנֶכְדִּיûləneḵədîAnd to offspring
כַּחֶסֶדkaḥesedLike kindness
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָשִׂיתִיʿāśîtîDo
עִמְּךָʿiməḵāWith
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
עִמָּדִיʿimādîAlong with
וְעִםwəʿimAnd with
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
גַּרְתָּהgarətāhTurn
בָּהּbāhIn
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
הִשָּׁבְעָהhišāvəʿāhSeven
לִּיTo
בֵאלֹהִיםvēʾlōhîmIn God
הֵנָּהhēnāhHither
אִםʾimLo!
תִּשְׁקֹרtišəqōrCheat
לִיTo
וּלְנִינִיûlənînîAnd to progeny
וּלְנֶכְדִּיûləneḵədîAnd to offspring
כַּחֶסֶדkaḥesedLike kindness
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָשִׂיתִיʿāśîtîDo
עִמְּךָʿiməḵāWith
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
עִמָּדִיʿimādîAlong with
וְעִםwəʿimAnd with
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
גַּרְתָּהgarətāhTurn
בָּהּbāhIn

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