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Genesis 21:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.


Genesis 21:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:711 words
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
מִיWho?
מִלֵּלmilēlSpeak
לְאַבְרָהָםləʾavərāhāmTo Abraham
הֵינִיקָהhênîqāhSuck
בָנִיםvānîmSon
שָׂרָהśārāhSarah
כִּיRelative conjunction
יָלַדְתִּיyāladətîBear young
בֵןvēnSon
לִזְקֻנָיוlizəqunāywTo old age
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
מִיWho?
מִלֵּלmilēlSpeak
לְאַבְרָהָםləʾavərāhāmTo Abraham
הֵינִיקָהhênîqāhSuck
בָנִיםvānîmSon
שָׂרָהśārāhSarah
כִּיRelative conjunction
יָלַדְתִּיyāladətîBear young
בֵןvēnSon
לִזְקֻנָיוlizəqunāywTo old age

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