Genesis 21:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.”

Genesis 21:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:910 words

וַתֵּרֶאwatēreʾAnd see

שָׂרָהśārāhSarah

אֶתʾet—

בֶּןbenSon

הָגָרhāgārHagar

הַמִּצְרִיתhamiṣərîtThe Mitsrite

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יָלְדָהyālədāhBear young

לְאַבְרָהָםləʾavərāhāmTo Abraham

מְצַחֵקməṣaḥēqLaugh outright

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַתֵּרֶאwatēreʾAnd see

שָׂרָהśārāhSarah

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בֶּןbenSon

הָגָרhāgārHagar

הַמִּצְרִיתhamiṣərîtThe Mitsrite

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

יָלְדָהyālədāhBear young

לְאַבְרָהָםləʾavərāhāmTo Abraham

מְצַחֵקməṣaḥēqLaugh outright

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