Genesis 12:1 — King James Version← Study notes
“Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:”
Genesis 12:1 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 12:114 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֶלʾelNear
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
לֶךְleḵəWalk
לְךָləḵāTo
מֵאַרְצְךָmēʾarəṣəḵāFrom earth
וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָûmimwōladətəḵāAnd from nativity
וּמִבֵּיתûmibêtAnd from a house
אָבִיךָʾāvîḵāFather
אֶלʾelNear
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַרְאֶךָּʾarəʾekāSee
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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