Genesis 21:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.”

Genesis 21:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:412 words

וַיָּמָלwayāmālAnd cut

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אֶתʾet—

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

בְּנוֹbənwōSon

בֶּןbenSon

שְׁמֹנַתšəmōnatEight

יָמִיםyāmîmDay

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּמָלwayāmālAnd cut

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

בְּנוֹbənwōSon

בֶּןbenSon

שְׁמֹנַתšəmōnatEight

יָמִיםyāmîmDay

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

צִוָּהṣiûhConstitute

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

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