Genesis 25:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.”

Genesis 25:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 25:1612 words

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

הֵםhēmThey

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׁמָעֵאלyišəmāʿēʾlJishmael

וְאֵלֶּהwəʾēlehAnd these

שְׁמֹתָםšəmōtāmAppellation

בְּחַצְרֵיהֶםbəḥaṣərêhemIn yard

וּבְטִירֹתָםûvəṭîrōtāmAnd in wall

שְׁנֵיםšənêmTwo

עָשָׂרʿāśārTen

נְשִׂיאִםnəśîʾimExalted

לְאֻמֹּתָםləʾumōtāmTo collection

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

Word-by-word meanings

אֵלֶּהʾēlehThese

הֵםhēmThey

בְּנֵיbənêSon

יִשְׁמָעֵאלyišəmāʿēʾlJishmael

וְאֵלֶּהwəʾēlehAnd these

שְׁמֹתָםšəmōtāmAppellation

בְּחַצְרֵיהֶםbəḥaṣərêhemIn yard

וּבְטִירֹתָםûvəṭîrōtāmAnd in wall

שְׁנֵיםšənêmTwo

עָשָׂרʿāśārTen

נְשִׂיאִםnəśîʾimExalted

לְאֻמֹּתָםləʾumōtāmTo collection

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