Genesis 12:10 — King James Version← Study notes
“And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.”
Genesis 12:10 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 12:1012 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
רָעָבrāʿāvHunger
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
וַיֵּרֶדwayēredAnd descend
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
מִצְרַיְמָהmiṣərayəmāhMitsrajim
לָגוּרlāgûrTo turn
שָׁםšāmThere
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
כָבֵדḵāvēdHeavy
הָרָעָבhārāʿāvThe hunger
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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