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Genesis 21:27 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.


Genesis 21:27Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:279 words
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
וּבָקָרûvāqārAnd beeve
וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give
לַאֲבִימֶלֶךְlaʾăvîmeleḵəTo Abimelek
וַיִּכְרְתוּwayiḵərətûAnd cut
שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo
בְּרִיתbərîtCompact
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
צֹאןṣōʾnFlock
וּבָקָרûvāqārAnd beeve
וַיִּתֵּןwayitēnAnd give
לַאֲבִימֶלֶךְlaʾăvîmeleḵəTo Abimelek
וַיִּכְרְתוּwayiḵərətûAnd cut
שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo
בְּרִיתbərîtCompact

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