Genesis 18:1 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;”
Genesis 18:1 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 18:111 words
וַיֵּרָאwayērāʾAnd see
אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
בְּאֵלֹנֵיbəʾēlōnêIn oak
מַמְרֵאmamərēʾMamre
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
יֹשֵׁבyōšēvSit
פֶּתַחpetaḥOpening
הָאֹהֶלhāʾōhelThe tent
כְּחֹםkəḥōmLike heat
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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