Genesis 26:22 — King James Version← Study notes
“And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”
Genesis 26:22 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 26:2219 words
וַיַּעְתֵּקwayaʿətēqAnd remove
מִשָּׁםmišāmFrom there
וַיַּחְפֹּרwayaḥəpōrAnd pry into
בְּאֵרbəʾērPit
אַחֶרֶתʾaḥeretHinder
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
רָבוּrāvûToss
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
שְׁמָהּšəmāhAppellation
רְחֹבוֹתrəḥōvwōtRechoboth
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
הִרְחִיבhirəḥîvBroaden
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לָנוּlānûTo
וּפָרִינוּûp̄ārînûAnd bear fruit
בָאָרֶץvāʾāreṣIn earth
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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