Genesis 21:30 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.”

Genesis 21:30 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:3016 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֶתʾet—

שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven

כְּבָשֹׂתkəvāśōtEwe

תִּקַּחtiqaḥTake

מִיָּדִיmîdîFrom hand

בַּעֲבוּרbaʿăvûrIn crossed

תִּהְיֶהtihəyehExist

לִּיlîTo

לְעֵדָהləʿēdāhTo testimony

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

חָפַרְתִּיḥāp̄arətîPry into

אֶתʾet—

הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שֶׁבַעševaʿSeven

כְּבָשֹׂתkəvāśōtEwe

תִּקַּחtiqaḥTake

מִיָּדִיmîdîFrom hand

בַּעֲבוּרbaʿăvûrIn crossed

תִּהְיֶהtihəyehExist

לִּיlîTo

לְעֵדָהləʿēdāhTo testimony

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

חָפַרְתִּיḥāp̄arətîPry into

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַבְּאֵרhabəʾērThe pit

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

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