Genesis 14:23 — King James Version← Study notes
“That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:”
Genesis 14:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 14:2316 words
אִםʾimLo!
מִחוּטmiḥûṭFrom string
וְעַדwəʿadAnd as far
שְׂרוֹךְśərwōḵəThong
נַעַלnaʿalSandal tongue
וְאִםwəʾimAnd lo!
אֶקַּחʾeqaḥTake
מִכָּלmikālFrom whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לָךְlāḵəTo
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
תֹאמַרtōʾmarSay
אֲנִיʾănîI
הֶעֱשַׁרְתִּיheʿĕšarətîAccumulate
אֶתʾet—
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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