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Genesis 17:9 — King James Version← Study notes

And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.


Genesis 17:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 17:912 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶלʾelNear
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou
אֶתʾet
בְּרִיתִיbərîtîCompact
תִשְׁמֹרtišəmōrHedge
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וְזַרְעֲךָwəzarəʿăḵāAnd seed
אַחֲרֶיךָʾaḥăreyḵāThe hind part
לְדֹרֹתָםlədōrōtāmTo revolution
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אֶלʾelNear
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
וְאַתָּהwəʾatāhAnd thou
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בְּרִיתִיbərîtîCompact
תִשְׁמֹרtišəmōrHedge
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וְזַרְעֲךָwəzarəʿăḵāAnd seed
אַחֲרֶיךָʾaḥăreyḵāThe hind part
לְדֹרֹתָםlədōrōtāmTo revolution

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