Genesis 13:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord.”

Genesis 13:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 13:1812 words

וַיֶּאֱהַלwayeʾĕhalAnd tent

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit

בְּאֵלֹנֵיbəʾēlōnêIn oak

מַמְרֵאmamərēʾMamre

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בְּחֶבְרוֹןbəḥevərwōnIn Chebron

וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build

שָׁםšāmThere

מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֶּאֱהַלwayeʾĕhalAnd tent

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

וַיֵּשֶׁבwayēševAnd sit

בְּאֵלֹנֵיbəʾēlōnêIn oak

מַמְרֵאmamərēʾMamre

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בְּחֶבְרוֹןbəḥevərwōnIn Chebron

וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build

שָׁםšāmThere

מִזְבֵּחַmizəbēḥaAltar

לַיהוָהlayhwāhTo LORD

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