“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
HebrewMeaning
וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֥יwəśamətiy
and I will makeconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
אֶֽתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
זַרְעֲ/ךָ֖zarəʿăkā
offspring yournounH2233
carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time
כַּ/עֲפַ֣רkaʿăpar
like the dust ofpronH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יוּכַ֣לywkal
he will be ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
אִ֗ישׁʾiyš
anyonenounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
לִ/מְנוֹת֙limənwōt
to countpronH4487
count · number · prepare · set ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עֲפַ֣רʿăpar
the dust ofnounH6083
dust · earth · ground · morter ···
הָ/אָ֔רֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
גַּֽםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
זַרְעֲ/ךָ֖zarəʿăkā
offspring yournounH2233
carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time
יִמָּנֶֽהyimāneh
it will numberedverbH4487
count · number · prepare · set ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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