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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 26:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 26:1824 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּ֨שָׁבwayāšāb
and he returnedconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
יִצְחָ֜קyiṣəḥāq
IsaacnounH3327
וַ/יַּחְפֹּ֣רwayaḥəpōr
and he dugconjH2658
paw · search out · seek
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בְּאֵרֹ֣תbəʾērōt
the wells ofnounH875
well
הַ/מַּ֗יִםhamayim
waterparticleH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
חָֽפְרוּ֙ḥāpərw
people had dugverbH2658
paw · search out · seek
בִּ/ימֵי֙biymēy
in the days ofpronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
אַבְרָהָ֣םʾabərāhām
AbrahamnounH85
אָבִ֔י/וʾābiyw
father hisnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וַ/יְסַתְּמ֣וּ/םwayəsatəmwm
and they had stopped up themconjH5640
hidden · secret · shut out · stop
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpəlišətiym
the PhilistinesnounH6430
אַחֲרֵ֖יʾaḥărēy
afterpronH310
-ward) · again · at · away from ···
מ֣וֹתmwōt
the death ofnounH4194
death · die
אַבְרָהָ֑םʾabərāhām
AbrahamnounH85
וַ/יִּקְרָ֤אwayiqərāʾ
and he calledconjH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
לָ/הֶן֙lāhen
pron
שֵׁמ֔וֹתšēmwōt
namesnounH8034
base · named · renown · report
כַּ/שֵּׁמֹ֕תkašēmōt
like the namespronH8034
base · named · renown · report
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
קָרָ֥אqārāʾ
he had calledverbH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
לָ/הֶ֖ןlāhen
pron
אָבִֽי/וʾābiyw
father hisnounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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