Genesis 14:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king’s dale.”

Genesis 14:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 14:1719 words

וַיֵּצֵאwayēṣēʾAnd go

מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing

סְדֹםsədōmSedom

לִקְרָאתוֹliqərāʾtwōTo encountering

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

שׁוּבוֹšûvwōTurn

מֵהַכּוֹתmēhakwōtFrom strike

אֶתʾet—

כְּדָרלָעֹמֶרkədārlāʿōmerKedorlaomer

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַמְּלָכִיםhaməlāḵîmThe king

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness

אֶלʾelNear

עֵמֶקʿēmeqVale

שָׁוֵהšāwēhShaveh

הוּאhûʾHe

עֵמֶקʿēmeqVale

הַמֶּלֶךְhameleḵəThe king

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֵּצֵאwayēṣēʾAnd go

מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing

סְדֹםsədōmSedom

לִקְרָאתוֹliqərāʾtwōTo encountering

אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part

שׁוּבוֹšûvwōTurn

מֵהַכּוֹתmēhakwōtFrom strike

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

כְּדָרלָעֹמֶרkədārlāʿōmerKedorlaomer

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַמְּלָכִיםhaməlāḵîmThe king

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness

אֶלʾelNear

עֵמֶקʿēmeqVale

שָׁוֵהšāwēhShaveh

הוּאhûʾHe

עֵמֶקʿēmeqVale

הַמֶּלֶךְhameleḵəThe king

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