Genesis 21:31 — King James Version← Study notes

“Wherefore he called that place Beer–sheba; because there they sware both of them.”

Genesis 21:31 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:3111 words

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

קָרָאqārāʾCall out to

לַמָּקוֹםlamāqwōmTo standing

הַהוּאhahûʾThe he

בְּאֵרbəʾēr—

שָׁבַעšāvaʿBeer-Sheba

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שָׁםšāmThere

נִשְׁבְּעוּnišəbəʿûSeven

שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo

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

Word-by-word meanings

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

קָרָאqārāʾCall out to

לַמָּקוֹםlamāqwōmTo standing

הַהוּאhahûʾThe he

בְּאֵרbəʾērdirect object marker (no translation)

שָׁבַעšāvaʿBeer-Sheba

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

שָׁםšāmThere

נִשְׁבְּעוּnišəbəʿûSeven

שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo

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