Genesis 17:5 — King James Version← Study notes

“Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.”

Genesis 17:5 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 17:514 words

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִקָּרֵאyiqārēʾCall out to

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

אֶתʾet—

שִׁמְךָšiməḵāAppellation

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

שִׁמְךָšiməḵāAppellation

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אַבʾavFather

הֲמוֹןhămwōnNoise

גּוֹיִםgwōyimNation

נְתַתִּיךָnətatîḵāGive

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יִקָּרֵאyiqārēʾCall out to

עוֹדʿwōdIteration

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

שִׁמְךָšiməḵāAppellation

אַבְרָםʾavərāmAbram

וְהָיָהwəhāyāhAnd exist

שִׁמְךָšiməḵāAppellation

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

אַבʾavFather

הֲמוֹןhămwōnNoise

גּוֹיִםgwōyimNation

נְתַתִּיךָnətatîḵāGive

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