Genesis 26:18 — King James Version← Study notes
“And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.”
Genesis 26:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 26:1824 words
וַיָּשָׁבwayāšāvAnd turn
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
וַיַּחְפֹּרwayaḥəpōrAnd pry into
אֶתʾet—
בְּאֵרֹתbəʾērōtPit
הַמַּיִםhamayimThe waters
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
חָפְרוּḥāp̄ərûPry into
בִּימֵיbîmêIn day
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וַיְסַתְּמוּםwayəsatəmûmAnd stop
פְּלִשְׁתִּיםpəlišətîmPelishtite
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
מוֹתmwōtDeath
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
לָהֶןlāhenTo
שֵׁמוֹתšēmwōtAppellation
כַּשֵּׁמֹתkašēmōtLike appellation
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
קָרָאqārāʾCall out to
לָהֶןlāhenTo
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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