Genesis 14:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.”

Genesis 14:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 14:1212 words

וַיִּקְחוּwayiqəḥûAnd take

אֶתʾet—

לוֹטlwōṭLot

וְאֶתwəʾet—

רְכֻשׁוֹrəḵušwōProperty

בֶּןbenSon

אֲחִיʾăḥîBrother

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

וַיֵּלֵכוּwayēlēḵûAnd walk

וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he

יֹשֵׁבyōšēvSit

בִּסְדֹםbisədōmIn Sedom

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקְחוּwayiqəḥûAnd take

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

לוֹטlwōṭLot

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

רְכֻשׁוֹrəḵušwōProperty

בֶּןbenSon

אֲחִיʾăḥîBrother

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

וַיֵּלֵכוּwayēlēḵûAnd walk

וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he

יֹשֵׁבyōšēvSit

בִּסְדֹםbisədōmIn Sedom

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