“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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֥יwayəhiy
and it wasconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
רָעָ֖בrāʿāb
a faminenounH7458
famine · famished · hunger
בָּ/אָ֑רֶץbāʾāreṣ
in the landpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וַ/יֵּ֨רֶדwayēred
and he went downconjH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
אַבְרָ֤םʾabərām
AbramnounH87
מִצְרַ֨יְמָ/ה֙miṣərayəmāh
Egypt towardsnounH4714
Egyptians · Mizraim
לָ/ג֣וּרlāgwr
to sojournpronH1481
assemble · be afraid · dwell · fear ···
שָׁ֔םšām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
כָבֵ֥דkābēd
was heavyadjH3515
grievous · hard · heavy · laden ···
הָ/רָעָ֖בhārāʿāb
the famineparticleH7458
famine · famished · hunger
בָּ/אָֽרֶץbāʾāreṣ
in the landpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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