“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 26:9 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 26:920 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּקְרָ֨אwayiqərāʾ
and he summonedconjH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְʾăbiymelekə
AbimelechnounH40
לְ/יִצְחָ֗קləyiṣəḥāq
IsaacpronH3327
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙wayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַ֣ךְʾakə
surelyparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
הִנֵּ֤הhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
אִשְׁתְּ/ךָ֙ʾišətəkā
is wife yournounH802
each · every · female · many ···
הִ֔ואhiwʾ
sheprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
וְ/אֵ֥יךְwəʾēykə
and how?conjH349
what
אָמַ֖רְתָּʾāmarətā
did you sayverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֲחֹ֣תִ/יʾăḥōtiy
is sister mynounH269
sister · together
הִ֑ואhiwʾ
sheprepH1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלָי/ו֙ʾēlāyw
to himpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יִצְחָ֔קyiṣəḥāq
IsaacnounH3327
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אָמַ֔רְתִּיʾāmarətiy
I thoughtverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
פֶּןpen
lestconjH6435
that...not
אָמ֖וּתʾāmwt
I should dieverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
עָלֶֽי/הָʿāleyhā
on herpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
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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