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Genesis 21:28 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.


Genesis 21:28Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:287 words
וַיַּצֵּבwayaṣēvAnd station
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶתʾet
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
כִּבְשֹׂתkivəśōtEwe
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
לְבַדְּהֶןləvadəhenTo separation
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּצֵּבwayaṣēvAnd station
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven
כִּבְשֹׂתkivəśōtEwe
הַצֹּאןhaṣōʾnThe flock
לְבַדְּהֶןləvadəhenTo separation

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