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Genesis 15:16 — King James Version← Study notes

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.


Genesis 15:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 15:1611 words
וְדוֹרwədwōrAnd revolution
רְבִיעִיrəvîʿîFourth
יָשׁוּבוּyāšûvûTurn
הֵנָּהhēnāhHither
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
שָׁלֵםšālēmComplete
עֲוֺןʿăwōnPerversity
הָאֱמֹרִיhāʾĕmōrîThe Emorite
עַדʿadAs far
הֵנָּהhēnāhHither
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְדוֹרwədwōrAnd revolution
רְבִיעִיrəvîʿîFourth
יָשׁוּבוּyāšûvûTurn
הֵנָּהhēnāhHither
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
שָׁלֵםšālēmComplete
עֲוֺןʿăwōnPerversity
הָאֱמֹרִיhāʾĕmōrîThe Emorite
עַדʿadAs far
הֵנָּהhēnāhHither

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