Genesis 14:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,”

Genesis 14:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 14:520 words

וּבְאַרְבַּעûvəʾarəbaʿAnd in four

עֶשְׂרֵהʿeśərēhTen

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

בָּאbāʾGo

כְדָרְלָעֹמֶרḵədārəlāʿōmerKedorlaomer

וְהַמְּלָכִיםwəhaməlāḵîmAnd the king

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אִתּוֹʾitwōNearness

וַיַּכּוּwayakûAnd strike

אֶתʾet—

רְפָאִיםrəp̄āʾîmGiant

בְּעַשְׁתְּרֹתbəʿašətərōtIn

קַרְנַיִםqarənayimAshteroth-Karnaim

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַזּוּזִיםhazûzîmThe Zuzites

בְּהָםbəhāmIn Ham

וְאֵתwəʾēt—

הָאֵימִיםhāʾêmîmThe Emim

בְּשָׁוֵהbəšāwēhIn Shaveh

קִרְיָתָיִםqirəyātāyimKirjathaim

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

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