Genesis 12:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.”

Genesis 12:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 12:526 words

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

אֶתʾet—

שָׂרַיśāraySarai

אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman

וְאֶתwəʾet—

לוֹטlwōṭLot

בֶּןbenSon

אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother

וְאֶתwəʾet—

כָּלkālWhole

רְכוּשָׁםrəḵûšāmProperty

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

רָכָשׁוּrāḵāšûLay up

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַנֶּפֶשׁhanep̄ešThe breathing creature

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

בְחָרָןvəḥārānIn Charan

וַיֵּצְאוּwayēṣəʾûAnd go

לָלֶכֶתlāleḵetTo walk

אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth

כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go

אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth

כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שָׂרַיśāraySarai

אִשְׁתּוֹʾišətwōWoman

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

לוֹטlwōṭLot

בֶּןbenSon

אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

רְכוּשָׁםrəḵûšāmProperty

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

רָכָשׁוּrāḵāšûLay up

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַנֶּפֶשׁhanep̄ešThe breathing creature

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עָשׂוּʿāśûDo

בְחָרָןvəḥārānIn Charan

וַיֵּצְאוּwayēṣəʾûAnd go

לָלֶכֶתlāleḵetTo walk

אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth

כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go

אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth

כְּנָעַןkənāʿanKenaan

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