Genesis

Genesis 26:15

¹⁵So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So the Philistines	פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים	pə·liš·tîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
took	וַיְמַלְא֖וּם	way·mal·’ūm	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine plural	H4390 be full, fill
dirt	עָפָֽר׃	‘ā·p̄ār	Noun - masculine singular	H6083 dry earth, dust
and stopped up	סִתְּמ֣וּם	sit·tə·mūm	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural; third person masculine plural	H5640 stop up, shut up, keep close
all	וְכָל־	wə·ḵāl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
the wells	הַבְּאֵרֹ֗ת	hab·bə·’ê·rōṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H875 well, pit
that	אֲשֶׁ֤ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
his father’s	אָבִ֔יו	’ā·ḇîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
servants	עַבְדֵ֣י	‘aḇ·ḏê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H5650 slave, servant
had dug	חָֽפְרוּ֙	ḥā·p̄ə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2658 dig, search for
in the days	בִּימֵ֖י	bî·mê	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H3117 day
of his father	אָבִ֑יו	’ā·ḇîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
Abraham	אַבְרָהָ֣ם	’aḇ·rā·hām	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H85 Abraham

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.