Genesis 23:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.”

Genesis 23:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 23:112 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יִּהְיוּ֙wayihəyw

and they wereconjH1961

altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···

חַיֵּ֣יḥayēy

the life ofnounH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

שָׂרָ֔הśārāh

SarahnounH8283

מֵאָ֥הmēʾāh

one hundredadjH3967

-th) · sixscore

שָׁנָ֛הšānāh

yearsnounH8141

whole age · long · old

וְ/עֶשְׂרִ֥יםwəʿeśəriym

and twentyconjH6242

twenty

שָׁנָ֖הšānāh

yearsnounH8141

whole age · long · old

וְ/שֶׁ֣בַעwəšebaʿ

and sevenconjH7651

-s · (-teen · -teenth) · -th ···

שָׁנִ֑יםšāniym

yearsnounH8141

whole age · long · old

שְׁנֵ֖יšənēy

the years ofadjH8141

whole age · long · old

חַיֵּ֥יḥayēy

the life ofnounH2416

age · appetite · beast · company ···

שָׂרָֽהśārāh

SarahnounH8283

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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