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 26:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 26:219 words
וַיַּחְפְּרוּwayaḥəpərûAnd pry into
בְּאֵרbəʾērPit
אַחֶרֶתʾaḥeretHinder
וַיָּרִיבוּwayārîvûAnd toss
גַּםgamAssemblage
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
שְׁמָהּšəmāhAppellation
שִׂטְנָהśiṭənāhSitnah
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