Genesis 21:32 — King James Version← Study notes
“Thus they made a covenant at Beer–sheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.”
Genesis 21:32 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 21:3213 words
וַיִּכְרְתוּwayiḵərətûAnd cut
בְרִיתvərîtCompact
בִּבְאֵרbivəʾērIn
שָׁבַעšāvaʿBeer-Sheba
וַיָּקָםwayāqāmAnd rise
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
וּפִיכֹלûp̄îḵōlAnd Picol
שַׂרśarHead
צְבָאוֹṣəvāʾwōMass
וַיָּשֻׁבוּwayāšuvûAnd turn
אֶלʾelNear
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
פְּלִשְׁתִּיםpəlišətîmPelishtite
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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