Genesis 21:26 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.”

Genesis 21:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:2620 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek

לֹאlōʾNot

יָדַעְתִּיyādaʿətîKnow

מִיmîWho?

עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo

אֶתʾet—

הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage

אַתָּהʾatāhThou

לֹאlōʾNot

הִגַּדְתָּhigadətāFront

לִּיlîTo

וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

לֹאlōʾNot

שָׁמַעְתִּיšāmaʿətîHear

בִּלְתִּיbilətîFailure of

הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek

לֹאlōʾNot

יָדַעְתִּיyādaʿətîKnow

מִיmîWho?

עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage

אַתָּהʾatāhThou

לֹאlōʾNot

הִגַּדְתָּhigadətāFront

לִּיlîTo

וְגַםwəgamAnd assemblage

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

לֹאlōʾNot

שָׁמַעְתִּיšāmaʿətîHear

בִּלְתִּיbilətîFailure of

הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day

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