Genesis 13:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.”

Genesis 13:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 13:1114 words

וַיִּבְחַרwayivəḥarAnd try

לוֹlwōTo

לוֹטlwōṭLot

אֵתʾēt—

כָּלkālWhole

כִּכַּרkikarCircle

הַיַּרְדֵּןhayarədēnThe Jarden

וַיִּסַּעwayisaʿAnd pull

לוֹטlwōṭLot

מִקֶּדֶםmiqedemFrom front

וַיִּפָּרְדוּwayipārədûAnd break through

אִישׁʾîšMan

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּבְחַרwayivəḥarAnd try

לוֹlwōTo

לוֹטlwōṭLot

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

כָּלkālWhole

כִּכַּרkikarCircle

הַיַּרְדֵּןhayarədēnThe Jarden

וַיִּסַּעwayisaʿAnd pull

לוֹטlwōṭLot

מִקֶּדֶםmiqedemFrom front

וַיִּפָּרְדוּwayipārədûAnd break through

אִישׁʾîšMan

מֵעַלmēʿalFrom above

אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother

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