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Genesis 15:17 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.


Genesis 15:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 15:1715 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhašemešThe sun
בָּאָהbāʾāhGo
וַעֲלָטָהwaʿălāṭāhAnd dusk
הָיָהhāyāhExist
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
תַנּוּרtanûrFire-pot
עָשָׁןʿāšānSmoke
וְלַפִּידwəlapîdAnd flambeau
אֵשׁʾēšFire
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָבַרʿāvarCross
בֵּיןbênBetween
הַגְּזָרִיםhagəzārîmThe cut off
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhašemešThe sun
בָּאָהbāʾāhGo
וַעֲלָטָהwaʿălāṭāhAnd dusk
הָיָהhāyāhExist
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
תַנּוּרtanûrFire-pot
עָשָׁןʿāšānSmoke
וְלַפִּידwəlapîdAnd flambeau
אֵשׁʾēšFire
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
עָבַרʿāvarCross
בֵּיןbênBetween
הַגְּזָרִיםhagəzārîmThe cut off
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

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