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Genesis 14:22 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,


Genesis 14:22Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 14:2214 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
אֶלʾelNear
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
סְדֹםsədōmSedom
הֲרִימֹתִיhărîmōtîBe high
יָדִיyādîHand
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֵלʾēlStrength
עֶלְיוֹןʿeləywōnElevation
קֹנֵהqōnēhErect
שָׁמַיִםšāmayimHeavens
וָאָרֶץwāʾāreṣAnd earth
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
מֶלֶךְmeleḵəKing
סְדֹםsədōmSedom
הֲרִימֹתִיhărîmōtîBe high
יָדִיyādîHand
אֶלʾelNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֵלʾēlStrength
עֶלְיוֹןʿeləywōnElevation
קֹנֵהqōnēhErect
שָׁמַיִםšāmayimHeavens
וָאָרֶץwāʾāreṣAnd earth

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