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Genesis 25:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.


Genesis 25:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 25:1715 words
וְאֵלֶּהwəʾēlehAnd these
שְׁנֵיšənêYear
חַיֵּיḥayêAlive
יִשְׁמָעֵאלyišəmāʿēʾlJishmael
מְאַתməʾatHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וּשְׁלֹשִׁיםûšəlōšîmAnd thirty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וְשֶׁבַעwəševaʿAnd seven
שָׁנִיםšānîmYear
וַיִּגְוַעwayigəwaʿAnd breathe out
וַיָּמָתwayāmātAnd die
וַיֵּאָסֶףwayēʾāsep̄And gather
אֶלʾelNear
עַמָּיוʿamāywPeople
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֵלֶּהwəʾēlehAnd these
שְׁנֵיšənêYear
חַיֵּיḥayêAlive
יִשְׁמָעֵאלyišəmāʿēʾlJishmael
מְאַתməʾatHundred
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וּשְׁלֹשִׁיםûšəlōšîmAnd thirty
שָׁנָהšānāhYear
וְשֶׁבַעwəševaʿAnd seven
שָׁנִיםšānîmYear
וַיִּגְוַעwayigəwaʿAnd breathe out
וַיָּמָתwayāmātAnd die
וַיֵּאָסֶףwayēʾāsep̄And gather
אֶלʾelNear
עַמָּיוʿamāywPeople

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