Genesis 14:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.”

Genesis 14:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 14:1318 words

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

הַפָּלִיטhapālîṭThe refugee

וַיַּגֵּדwayagēdAnd front

לְאַבְרָםləʾavərāmTo Abram

הָעִבְרִיhāʿivərîThe Eberite

וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he

שֹׁכֵןšōḵēnReside

בְּאֵלֹנֵיbəʾēlōnêIn oak

מַמְרֵאmamərēʾMamre

הָאֱמֹרִיhāʾĕmōrîThe Emorite

אֲחִיʾăḥîBrother

אֶשְׁכֹּלʾešəkōlEshcol

וַאֲחִיwaʾăḥîAnd brother

עָנֵרʿānērAner

וְהֵםwəhēmAnd they

בַּעֲלֵיbaʿălêMaster

בְרִיתvərîtCompact

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

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

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