Genesis 12:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.”

Genesis 12:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 12:716 words

וַיֵּרָאwayērāʾAnd see

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֶלʾelNear

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לְזַרְעֲךָləzarəʿăḵāTo seed

אֶתֵּןʾetēnGive

אֶתʾet—

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build

שָׁםšāmThere

מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

הַנִּרְאֶהhanirəʾehThe see

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

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

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