“And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.”
Genesis 26:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 26:721 words
HebrewMeaning
וַֽ/יִּשְׁאֲל֞וּwayišəʾălw
and they askedconjH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
אַנְשֵׁ֤יʾanəšēy
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הַ/מָּקוֹם֙hamāqwōm
the placeparticleH4725
home · open · place · room ···
לְ/אִשְׁתּ֔/וֹləʾišətwō
of wife hispronH802
each · every · female · many ···
וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲחֹ֣תִ/יʾăḥōtiy
is sister mynounH269
sister · together
הִ֑ואhiwʾ
sheprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יָרֵא֙yārēʾ
he was afraidverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
לֵ/אמֹ֣רlēʾmōr
to saypronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אִשְׁתִּ֔/יʾišətiy
wife mynounH802
each · every · female · many ···
פֶּןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
יַֽהַרְגֻ֜/נִיyaharəguniy
they should kill meverbH2026
out of hand · kill · murder · put to ···
אַנְשֵׁ֤יʾanəšēy
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
הַ/מָּקוֹם֙hamāqwōm
the placeparticleH4725
home · open · place · room ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
רִבְקָ֔הribəqāh
RebekahnounH7259
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
טוֹבַ֥תṭwōbat
was good ofadjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
מַרְאֶ֖הmarəʾeh
appearancenounH4758
apparently · as soon as beautiful · countenance · fair ···
הִֽיאhiyʾ
sheprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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