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Genesis 13:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.


Genesis 13:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 13:818 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
אֶלʾelNear
לוֹטlwōṭLot
אַלʾalNot
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
תְהִיtəhîExist
מְרִיבָהmərîvāhQuarrel
בֵּינִיbênîBetween
וּבֵינֶיךָûvêneyḵāAnd between
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
רֹעַיrōʿayPastoral
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
רֹעֶיךָrōʿeyḵāPastoral
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
אַחִיםʾaḥîmBrother
אֲנָחְנוּʾănāḥənûWe
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
אֶלʾelNear
לוֹטlwōṭLot
אַלʾalNot
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
תְהִיtəhîExist
מְרִיבָהmərîvāhQuarrel
בֵּינִיbênîBetween
וּבֵינֶיךָûvêneyḵāAnd between
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
רֹעַיrōʿayPastoral
וּבֵיןûvênAnd between
רֹעֶיךָrōʿeyḵāPastoral
כִּיRelative conjunction
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
אַחִיםʾaḥîmBrother
אֲנָחְנוּʾănāḥənûWe

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