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Genesis 26:25 — King James Version← Study notes

And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.


Genesis 26:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 26:2514 words
וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build
שָׁםšāmThere
מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
בְּשֵׁםbəšēmIn appellation
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַיֶּטwayeṭAnd stretch
שָׁםšāmThere
אָהֳלוֹʾāhŏlwōTent
וַיִּכְרוּwayiḵərûAnd dig
שָׁםšāmThere
עַבְדֵיʿavədêServant
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
בְּאֵרbəʾērPit
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build
שָׁםšāmThere
מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
בְּשֵׁםbəšēmIn appellation
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
וַיֶּטwayeṭAnd stretch
שָׁםšāmThere
אָהֳלוֹʾāhŏlwōTent
וַיִּכְרוּwayiḵərûAnd dig
שָׁםšāmThere
עַבְדֵיʿavədêServant
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
בְּאֵרbəʾērPit

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