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Genesis 26:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.


Genesis 26:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 26:117 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
רָעָבrāʿāvHunger
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
מִלְּבַדmiləvadFrom to separation
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
הָרִאשׁוֹןhāriʾšwōnThe first
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הָיָהhāyāhExist
בִּימֵיbîmêIn day
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
אֶלʾelNear
אֲבִימֶּלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
פְּלִשְׁתִּיםpəlišətîmPelishtite
גְּרָרָהgərārāhGerar
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
רָעָבrāʿāvHunger
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
מִלְּבַדmiləvadFrom to separation
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
הָרִאשׁוֹןhāriʾšwōnThe first
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הָיָהhāyāhExist
בִּימֵיbîmêIn day
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
אֶלʾelNear
אֲבִימֶּלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
פְּלִשְׁתִּיםpəlišətîmPelishtite
גְּרָרָהgərārāhGerar

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