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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 15:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 15:518 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יּוֹצֵ֨אwaywōṣēʾ
and he brought outconjH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
אֹת֜/וֹʾōtwō
himparticleH853
הַ/ח֗וּצָ/הhaḥwṣāh
the outside towardsparticleH2351
field · forth · highway · more ···
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙wayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הַבֶּטhabeṭ
lookverbH5027
consider · look · regard · have respect ···
נָ֣אnāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
הַ/שָּׁמַ֗יְמָ/הhašāmayəmāh
the heavens towardsparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
וּ/סְפֹר֙wsəpōr
and countconjH5608
count; declare · number · penknife · reckon ···
הַ/כּ֣וֹכָבִ֔יםhakwōkābiym
the starsparticleH3556
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
תּוּכַ֖לtwkal
you are ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
לִ/סְפֹּ֣רlisəpōr
to countpronH5608
count; declare · number · penknife · reckon ···
אֹתָ֑/םʾōtām
themparticleH853
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
ל֔/וֹlwō
pron
כֹּ֥הkōh
thusadvH3541
here · + hitherto · like · on the other side ···
יִהְיֶ֖הyihəyeh
it will beverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
זַרְעֶֽ/ךָzarəʿekā
offspring yournounH2233
carnally · fruitful · seed · sowing-time
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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