“And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.”
Genesis 26:20 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 26:2016 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּרִ֜יבוּwayāriybw
and they disputedconjH7378
chide · complain · contend · debate ···
רֹעֵ֣יrōʿēy
shipherdverbH7473
גְרָ֗רgərār
GerarnounH1642
עִםʿim
withpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
רֹעֵ֥יrōʿēy
shipherdverbH7473
יִצְחָ֛קyiṣəḥāq
IsaacnounH3327
לֵ/אמֹ֖רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ֣/נוּlānw
pron
הַ/מָּ֑יִםhamāyim
the waterparticleH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
וַ/יִּקְרָ֤אwayiqərāʾ
and he calledconjH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
שֵֽׁםšēm
the name ofnounH8034
base · named · renown · report
הַ/בְּאֵר֙habəʾēr
the wellparticleH875
well
עֵ֔שֶׂקʿēśeq
EseknounH6230
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
הִֽתְעַשְּׂק֖וּhitəʿaśəqw
they quarreledverbH6229
עִמּֽ/וֹʿimwō
with himpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
ℹWords 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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