Genesis 26:28 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they said, We saw certainly that the Lord was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;”

Genesis 26:28 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 26:2817 words

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say

רָאוֹrāʾwōSee

רָאִינוּrāʾînûSee

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

הָיָהhāyāhExist

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

עִמָּךְʿimāḵəWith

וַנֹּאמֶרwanōʾmerAnd say

תְּהִיtəhîExist

נָאnāʾ'I pray'

אָלָהʾālāhImprecation

בֵּינוֹתֵינוּbênwōtênûBetween

בֵּינֵינוּbênênûBetween

וּבֵינֶךָûvêneḵāAnd between

וְנִכְרְתָהwəniḵərətāhAnd cut

בְרִיתvərîtCompact

עִמָּךְʿimāḵəWith

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Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say

רָאוֹrāʾwōSee

רָאִינוּrāʾînûSee

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

הָיָהhāyāhExist

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

עִמָּךְʿimāḵəWith

וַנֹּאמֶרwanōʾmerAnd say

תְּהִיtəhîExist

נָאnāʾ'I pray'

אָלָהʾālāhImprecation

בֵּינוֹתֵינוּbênwōtênûBetween

בֵּינֵינוּbênênûBetween

וּבֵינֶךָûvêneḵāAnd between

וְנִכְרְתָהwəniḵərətāhAnd cut

בְרִיתvərîtCompact

עִמָּךְʿimāḵəWith

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