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Genesis 12:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.


Genesis 12:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 12:612 words
וַיַּעֲבֹרwayaʿăvōrAnd cross
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
עַדʿadAs far
מְקוֹםməqwōmStanding
שְׁכֶםšəḵemShekem
עַדʿadAs far
אֵלוֹןʾēlwōnOak
מוֹרֶהmwōrehMoreh
וְהַכְּנַעֲנִיwəhakənaʿănîAnd the Kenaanite
אָזʾāzAt that time
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּעֲבֹרwayaʿăvōrAnd cross
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
עַדʿadAs far
מְקוֹםməqwōmStanding
שְׁכֶםšəḵemShekem
עַדʿadAs far
אֵלוֹןʾēlwōnOak
מוֹרֶהmwōrehMoreh
וְהַכְּנַעֲנִיwəhakənaʿănîAnd the Kenaanite
אָזʾāzAt that time
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth

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