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Genesis 26:16 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.


Genesis 26:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 26:1610 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
אֶלʾelNear
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
לֵךְlēḵəWalk
מֵעִמָּנוּmēʿimānûFrom with
כִּיRelative conjunction
עָצַמְתָּʿāṣamətāBind fast
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
אֶלʾelNear
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
לֵךְlēḵəWalk
מֵעִמָּנוּmēʿimānûFrom with
כִּיRelative conjunction
עָצַמְתָּʿāṣamətāBind fast
מִמֶּנּוּmimenûPart
מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence

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