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Genesis 17:8 — King James Version← Study notes

And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.


Genesis 17:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 17:816 words
וְנָתַתִּיwənātatîAnd give
לְךָləḵāTo
וּלְזַרְעֲךָûləzarəʿăḵāAnd to seed
אַחֲרֶיךָʾaḥăreyḵāThe hind part
אֵתʾēt
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מְגֻרֶיךָməgureyḵāTemporary abode
אֵתʾēt
כָּלkālWhole
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
לַאֲחֻזַּתlaʾăḥuzatTo seized
עוֹלָםʿwōlāmConcealed
וְהָיִיתִיwəhāyîtîAnd exist
לָהֶםlāhemTo
לֵאלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmTo God
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְנָתַתִּיwənātatîAnd give
לְךָləḵāTo
וּלְזַרְעֲךָûləzarəʿăḵāAnd to seed
אַחֲרֶיךָʾaḥăreyḵāThe hind part
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מְגֻרֶיךָməgureyḵāTemporary abode
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
לַאֲחֻזַּתlaʾăḥuzatTo seized
עוֹלָםʿwōlāmConcealed
וְהָיִיתִיwəhāyîtîAnd exist
לָהֶםlāhemTo
לֵאלֹהִיםlēʾlōhîmTo God

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