Genesis
Genesis 26:16
16Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then Abimelech | אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ | ’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H40 Abimelek |
| said | וַיֹּ֥אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Isaac | יִצְחָ֑ק | yiṣ·ḥāq | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3327 Isaac |
| Depart from | לֵ֚ךְ | lêḵ | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H1980 go, come, walk |
| us | מֵֽעִמָּ֔נוּ | mê·‘im·mā·nū | Preposition-m; first person common plural | H5973 with |
| for | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| you are much | מְאֹֽד׃ | mə·’ōḏ | Adverb | H3966 muchness, force, abundance, exceedingly |
| too powerful | עָצַֽמְתָּ־ | ‘ā·ṣam·tā- | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H6105 be vast, mighty, numerous |
| for us | מִמֶּ֖נּוּ | mim·men·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
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