Genesis 13:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.”

Genesis 13:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 13:1616 words

וְשַׂמְתִּיwəśamətîAnd put

אֶתʾet—

זַרְעֲךָzarəʿăḵāSeed

כַּעֲפַרkaʿăp̄arLike dust

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אִםʾimLo!

יוּכַלyûḵalBe able

אִישׁʾîšMan

לִמְנוֹתlimənwōtTo weigh out

אֶתʾet—

עֲפַרʿăp̄arDust

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

גַּםgamAssemblage

זַרְעֲךָzarəʿăḵāSeed

יִמָּנֶהyimānehWeigh out

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְשַׂמְתִּיwəśamətîAnd put

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

זַרְעֲךָzarəʿăḵāSeed

כַּעֲפַרkaʿăp̄arLike dust

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אִםʾimLo!

יוּכַלyûḵalBe able

אִישׁʾîšMan

לִמְנוֹתlimənwōtTo weigh out

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֲפַרʿăp̄arDust

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

גַּםgamAssemblage

זַרְעֲךָzarəʿăḵāSeed

יִמָּנֶהyimānehWeigh out

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