Genesis 25:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.”

Genesis 25:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 25:2213 words

וַיִּתְרֹצֲצוּwayitərōṣăṣûAnd crack

הַבָּנִיםhabānîmThe son

בְּקִרְבָּהּbəqirəbāhIn nearest

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say

אִםʾimLo!

כֵּןkēnSet upright

לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?

זֶּהzehThis

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

וַתֵּלֶךְwatēleḵəAnd walk

לִדְרֹשׁlidərōšTo tread

אֶתʾet—

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּתְרֹצֲצוּwayitərōṣăṣûAnd crack

הַבָּנִיםhabānîmThe son

בְּקִרְבָּהּbəqirəbāhIn nearest

וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say

אִםʾimLo!

כֵּןkēnSet upright

לָמָּהlāmāhTo what?

זֶּהzehThis

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

וַתֵּלֶךְwatēleḵəAnd walk

לִדְרֹשׁlidərōšTo tread

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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