Genesis 26:8 — King James Version← Study notes
“And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.”
Genesis 26:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 26:819 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אָרְכוּʾārəḵûBe
לוֹlwōTo
שָׁםšāmThere
הַיָּמִיםhayāmîmThe day
וַיַּשְׁקֵףwayašəqēp̄And lean out
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
פְּלִשְׁתִּיםpəlišətîmPelishtite
בְּעַדbəʿadIn up to
הַחַלּוֹןhaḥalwōnThe window
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
מְצַחֵקməṣaḥēqLaugh outright
אֵתʾētNearness
רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah
אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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