Genesis 15:13 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;”

Genesis 15:13 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 15:1317 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לְאַבְרָםləʾavərāmTo Abram

יָדֹעַyādōʿaKnow

תֵּדַעtēdaʿKnow

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

גֵרgērGuest

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

זַרְעֲךָzarəʿăḵāSeed

בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth

לֹאlōʾNot

לָהֶםlāhemTo

וַעֲבָדוּםwaʿăvādûmAnd work

וְעִנּוּwəʿinûAnd depress

אֹתָםʾōtām—

אַרְבַּעʾarəbaʿFour

מֵאוֹתmēʾwōtHundred

שָׁנָהšānāhYear

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

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