Genesis 21:25 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech’s servants had violently taken away.”

Genesis 21:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:2512 words

וְהוֹכִחַwəhwōḵiḥaAnd be right

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אֶתʾet—

אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek

עַלʿalAbove

אֹדוֹתʾōdwōtTurnings

בְּאֵרbəʾērPit

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

גָּזְלוּgāzəlûPluck off

עַבְדֵיʿavədêServant

אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְהוֹכִחַwəhwōḵiḥaAnd be right

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek

עַלʿalAbove

אֹדוֹתʾōdwōtTurnings

בְּאֵרbəʾērPit

הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

גָּזְלוּgāzəlûPluck off

עַבְדֵיʿavədêServant

אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek

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