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Genesis 15:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?


Genesis 15:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 15:216 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
אֲדֹנָיʾădōnāyLord
יֱהוִהyĕhwihLord GOD
מַהmahWhat?
תִּתֶּןtitenGive
לִיTo
וְאָנֹכִיwəʾānōḵîAnd I
הוֹלֵךְhwōlēḵəWalk
עֲרִירִיʿărîrîBare
וּבֶןûvenAnd son
מֶשֶׁקmešeqPossession
בֵּיתִיbêtîA house
הוּאhûʾHe
דַּמֶּשֶׂקdameśeqDamascus
אֱלִיעֶזֶרʾĕlîʿezerEliezer
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram
אֲדֹנָיʾădōnāyLord
יֱהוִהyĕhwihLord GOD
מַהmahWhat?
תִּתֶּןtitenGive
לִיTo
וְאָנֹכִיwəʾānōḵîAnd I
הוֹלֵךְhwōlēḵəWalk
עֲרִירִיʿărîrîBare
וּבֶןûvenAnd son
מֶשֶׁקmešeqPossession
בֵּיתִיbêtîA house
הוּאhûʾHe
דַּמֶּשֶׂקdameśeqDamascus
אֱלִיעֶזֶרʾĕlîʿezerEliezer

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