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

וַיִּהְיוּwayihəyûAnd exist

חַיֵּיḥayêAlive

שָׂרָהśārāhSarah

מֵאָהmēʾāhHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וְעֶשְׂרִיםwəʿeśərîmAnd twenty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וְשֶׁבַעwəševaʿAnd seven

שָׁנִיםšānîmYear

שְׁנֵיšənêYear

חַיֵּיḥayêAlive

שָׂרָהśārāhSarah

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּהְיוּwayihəyûAnd exist

חַיֵּיḥayêAlive

שָׂרָהśārāhSarah

מֵאָהmēʾāhHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וְעֶשְׂרִיםwəʿeśərîmAnd twenty

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

וְשֶׁבַעwəševaʿAnd seven

שָׁנִיםšānîmYear

שְׁנֵיšənêYear

חַיֵּיḥayêAlive

שָׂרָהśārāhSarah

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