Genesis 13:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.”

Genesis 13:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 13:614 words

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

נָשָׂאnāśāʾLift

אֹתָםʾōtām—

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

לָשֶׁבֶתlāševetTo sit

יַחְדָּוyaḥədāwUnit

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

הָיָהhāyāhExist

רְכוּשָׁםrəḵûšāmProperty

רָבrāvAbundant

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יָכְלוּyāḵəlûBe able

לָשֶׁבֶתlāševetTo sit

יַחְדָּוyaḥədāwUnit

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

נָשָׂאnāśāʾLift

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

לָשֶׁבֶתlāševetTo sit

יַחְדָּוyaḥədāwUnit

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

הָיָהhāyāhExist

רְכוּשָׁםrəḵûšāmProperty

רָבrāvAbundant

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יָכְלוּyāḵəlûBe able

לָשֶׁבֶתlāševetTo sit

יַחְדָּוyaḥədāwUnit

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