Genesis 15:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.”

Genesis 15:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 15:714 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

הוֹצֵאתִיךָhwōṣēʾtîḵāGo

מֵאוּרmēʾûrFrom Ur

כַּשְׂדִּיםkaśədîmKasdite

לָתֶתlātetTo give

לְךָləḵāTo

אֶתʾet—

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

לְרִשְׁתָּהּlərišətāhTo occupy

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

אֲנִיʾănîI

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

הוֹצֵאתִיךָhwōṣēʾtîḵāGo

מֵאוּרmēʾûrFrom Ur

כַּשְׂדִּיםkaśədîmKasdite

לָתֶתlātetTo give

לְךָləḵāTo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this

לְרִשְׁתָּהּlərišətāhTo occupy

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