Genesis 15:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.”

Genesis 15:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 15:518 words

וַיּוֹצֵאwaywōṣēʾAnd go

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

הַחוּצָהhaḥûṣāhThe separate by a wall

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

הַבֶּטhabeṭScan

נָאnāʾ'I pray'

הַשָּׁמַיְמָהhašāmayəmāhThe heavens

וּסְפֹרûsəp̄ōrAnd score

הַכּוֹכָבִיםhakwōḵāvîmThe star

אִםʾimLo!

תּוּכַלtûḵalBe able

לִסְפֹּרlisəpōrTo score

אֹתָםʾōtām—

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לוֹlwōTo

כֹּהkōhLike this

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

זַרְעֶךָzarəʿeḵāSeed

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיּוֹצֵאwaywōṣēʾAnd go

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

הַחוּצָהhaḥûṣāhThe separate by a wall

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

הַבֶּטhabeṭScan

נָאnāʾ'I pray'

הַשָּׁמַיְמָהhašāmayəmāhThe heavens

וּסְפֹרûsəp̄ōrAnd score

הַכּוֹכָבִיםhakwōḵāvîmThe star

אִםʾimLo!

תּוּכַלtûḵalBe able

לִסְפֹּרlisəpōrTo score

אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

לוֹlwōTo

כֹּהkōhLike this

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

זַרְעֶךָzarəʿeḵāSeed

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