Genesis 14:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.”

Genesis 14:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 14:1811 words

וּמַלְכִּיûmaləkîAnd

צֶדֶקṣedeqMalki-Tsedek

מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing

שָׁלֵםšālēmShalem

הוֹצִיאhwōṣîʾGo

לֶחֶםleḥemFood

וָיָיִןwāyāyinAnd wine

וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he

כֹהֵןḵōhēnOfficiating

לְאֵלləʾēlTo strength

עֶלְיוֹןʿeləywōnElevation

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

Word-by-word meanings

וּמַלְכִּיûmaləkîAnd

צֶדֶקṣedeqMalki-Tsedek

מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing

שָׁלֵםšālēmShalem

הוֹצִיאhwōṣîʾGo

לֶחֶםleḥemFood

וָיָיִןwāyāyinAnd wine

וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he

כֹהֵןḵōhēnOfficiating

לְאֵלləʾēlTo strength

עֶלְיוֹןʿeləywōnElevation

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