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Genesis 26:9 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife: and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.


Genesis 26:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 26:920 words
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
לְיִצְחָקləyiṣəḥāqTo Isaac
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
אִשְׁתְּךָʾišətəḵāWoman
הִואhiwʾHe
וְאֵיךְwəʾêḵəAnd how?
אָמַרְתָּʾāmarətāSay
אֲחֹתִיʾăḥōtîSister
הִואhiwʾHe
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָמַרְתִּיʾāmarətîSay
פֶּןpenRemoval
אָמוּתʾāmûtDie
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
אֲבִימֶלֶךְʾăvîmeleḵəAbimelek
לְיִצְחָקləyiṣəḥāqTo Isaac
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַךְʾaḵəAffirmation
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
אִשְׁתְּךָʾišətəḵāWoman
הִואhiwʾHe
וְאֵיךְwəʾêḵəAnd how?
אָמַרְתָּʾāmarətāSay
אֲחֹתִיʾăḥōtîSister
הִואhiwʾHe
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
כִּיRelative conjunction
אָמַרְתִּיʾāmarətîSay
פֶּןpenRemoval
אָמוּתʾāmûtDie
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove

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