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Genesis 18:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.”

Genesis 18:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 18:1925 words
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
יְדַעְתִּיוyədaʿətîwKnow
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְצַוֶּהyəṣaûhConstitute
אֶתʾet—
בָּנָיוbānāywSon
וְאֶתwəʾet—
בֵּיתוֹbêtwōA house
אַחֲרָיוʾaḥărāywThe hind part
וְשָׁמְרוּwəšāmərûAnd hedge
דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
צְדָקָהṣədāqāhRightness
וּמִשְׁפָּטûmišəpāṭAnd verdict
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
הָבִיאhāvîʾGo
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
עַלʿalAbove
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֵתʾēt—
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיkîRelative conjunction
יְדַעְתִּיוyədaʿətîwKnow
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
יְצַוֶּהyəṣaûhConstitute
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בָּנָיוbānāywSon
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בֵּיתוֹbêtwōA house
אַחֲרָיוʾaḥărāywThe hind part
וְשָׁמְרוּwəšāmərûAnd hedge
דֶּרֶךְdereḵəRoad
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לַעֲשׂוֹתlaʿăśwōtTo do
צְדָקָהṣədāqāhRightness
וּמִשְׁפָּטûmišəpāṭAnd verdict
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
הָבִיאhāvîʾGo
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
עַלʿalAbove
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
דִּבֶּרdiberArrange
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove

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