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Genesis 26:7 — King James Version← Study notes

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 26:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 26:721 words
וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּwayišəʾălûAnd inquire
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
לְאִשְׁתּוֹləʾišətwōTo woman
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲחֹתִיʾăḥōtîSister
הִואhiwʾHe
כִּיRelative conjunction
יָרֵאyārēʾFear
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
אִשְׁתִּיʾišətîWoman
פֶּןpenRemoval
יַהַרְגֻנִיyaharəgunîSmite
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
עַלʿalAbove
רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah
כִּיRelative conjunction
טוֹבַתṭwōvatGood
מַרְאֶהmarəʾehView
הִיאhîʾHe
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּwayišəʾălûAnd inquire
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
לְאִשְׁתּוֹləʾišətwōTo woman
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֲחֹתִיʾăḥōtîSister
הִואhiwʾHe
כִּיRelative conjunction
יָרֵאyārēʾFear
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
אִשְׁתִּיʾišətîWoman
פֶּןpenRemoval
יַהַרְגֻנִיyaharəgunîSmite
אַנְשֵׁיʾanəšêMan
הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing
עַלʿalAbove
רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah
כִּיRelative conjunction
טוֹבַתṭwōvatGood
מַרְאֶהmarəʾehView
הִיאhîʾHe

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