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 26:9 — Hebrew 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
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
אָמַרְתִּיʾāmarətîSay
פֶּןpenRemoval
אָמוּתʾāmûtDie
עָלֶיהָʿāleyhāAbove
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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