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Genesis 25:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.


Genesis 25:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 25:2114 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֶּעְתַּ֨רwayeʿətar
and he prayedconjH6279
pray
יִצְחָ֤קyiṣəḥāq
IsaacnounH3327
לַֽ/יהוָה֙layhwāh
to YahwehpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
לְ/נֹ֣כַחlənōkaḥ
to beforepronH5227
before · direct · for · right
אִשְׁתּ֔/וֹʾišətwō
wife hisnounH802
each · every · female · many ···
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עֲקָרָ֖הʿăqārāh
was barrenadjH6135
הִ֑ואhiwʾ
sheprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
וַ/יֵּעָ֤תֶרwayēʿāter
and he was entreatedconjH6279
pray
ל/וֹ֙lwō
pron
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
וַ/תַּ֖הַרwatahar
and she conceivedconjH2029
be with child · conceive · progenitor
רִבְקָ֥הribəqāh
RebekahnounH7259
אִשְׁתּֽ/וֹʾišətwō
wife hisnounH802
each · every · female · many ···
Words 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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Lena HoffmannNote2mo ago
Isaac Pleaded With the Lord
Isaac's wife Rebekah is barren. Isaac doesn't try to manipulate the situation or sleep around like his father - he prays. The text says he pleaded, not that he prayed once and moved on. He persists in...
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