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Genesis 13:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Lord.


Genesis 13:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 13:412 words
אֶלʾelNear
מְקוֹםməqwōmStanding
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo
שָׁםšāmThere
בָּרִאשֹׁנָהbāriʾšōnāhIn first
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
שָׁםšāmThere
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
בְּשֵׁםbəšēmIn appellation
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אֶלʾelNear
מְקוֹםməqwōmStanding
הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָשָׂהʿāśāhDo
שָׁםšāmThere
בָּרִאשֹׁנָהbāriʾšōnāhIn first
וַיִּקְרָאwayiqərāʾAnd call out to
שָׁםšāmThere
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
בְּשֵׁםbəšēmIn appellation
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

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