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Genesis 26:21 — King James Version← Study notes

And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah.


Genesis 26:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 26:219 words
וַיַּחְפְּרוּwayaḥəpərûAnd pry into
בְּאֵרbəʾērPit
אַחֶרֶתʾaḥeretHinder
וַיָּרִיבוּwayārîvûAnd toss
גַּםgamAssemblage
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
שְׁמָהּšəmāhAppellation
שִׂטְנָהśiṭənāhSitnah
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּחְפְּרוּwayaḥəpərûAnd pry into
בְּאֵרbəʾērPit
אַחֶרֶתʾaḥeretHinder
וַיָּרִיבוּwayārîvûAnd toss
גַּםgamAssemblage
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
שְׁמָהּšəmāhAppellation
שִׂטְנָהśiṭənāhSitnah

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