Genesis 26:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.”

Genesis 26:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 26:1015 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek

מַהmahWhat?

זֹּאתzōʾtThis

עָשִׂיתָʿāśîtāDo

לָּנוּlānûTo

כִּמְעַטkiməʿaṭLike little

שָׁכַבšāḵavLie down

אַחַדʾaḥadUnited

הָעָםhāʿāmThe people

אֶתʾetNearness

אִשְׁתֶּךָʾišəteḵāWoman

וְהֵבֵאתָwəhēvēʾtāAnd go

עָלֵינוּʿālênûAbove

אָשָׁםʾāšāmGuilt

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

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