Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 21:30 Interlinear

And he said For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand that they may be a witness unto me that I have digged this well

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֕אמֶרH559And he saidto say (used with great latitude)
2כִּ֚יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
3אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
4שֶׁ֣בַעH7651For these sevenseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
5כְּבָשֹׂ֔תH3535ewe lambsa ewe
6תִּקַּ֖חH3947shalt thou taketo take (in the widest variety of applications)
7מִיָּדִ֑יH3027of my handa hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
8בַּֽעֲבוּר֙H5668thatproperly, crossed, i.e., (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that
9תִּֽהְיֶהH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
10לִּ֣יH0
11לְעֵדָ֔הH5713they may be a witnesstestimony
12כִּ֥יH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
13חָפַ֖רְתִּיH2658unto me that I have diggedproperly, to pry into; by implication, to delve, to explore
14אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
15הַבְּאֵ֥רH875this wella pit; especially a well
16הַזֹּֽאת׃H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

Verse Context

Genesis 21:29said And Abimelech unto Abraham ...
Genesis 21:30 (current)And he said For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand that they may be a witness unto me that I have digged this well
Genesis 21:31 Wherefore he called that place ...

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