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Genesis 26:11 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.


Genesis 26:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 26:1112 words
וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
אֶתʾet
כָּלkālWhole
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הַנֹּגֵעַhanōgēʿaThe touch
בָּאִישׁbāʾîšIn man
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
וּבְאִשְׁתּוֹûvəʾišətwōAnd in woman
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמָתyûmātDie
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הַנֹּגֵעַhanōgēʿaThe touch
בָּאִישׁbāʾîšIn man
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
וּבְאִשְׁתּוֹûvəʾišətwōAnd in woman
מוֹתmwōtDie
יוּמָתyûmātDie

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