Genesis 13:7 — King James Version← Study notes
“And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.”
Genesis 13:7 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 13:715 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
רִיבrîvContest
בֵּיןbênBetween
רֹעֵיrōʿêPastoral
מִקְנֵהmiqənēhBought
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
רֹעֵיrōʿêPastoral
מִקְנֵהmiqənēhBought
לוֹטlwōṭLot
וְהַכְּנַעֲנִיwəhakənaʿănîAnd the Kenaanite
וְהַפְּרִזִּיwəhapərizîAnd the Perizzite
אָזʾāzAt that time
יֹשֵׁבyōšēvSit
בָּאָרֶץbāʾāreṣIn earth
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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