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Genesis 18:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,


Genesis 18:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 18:215 words
וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
עֵינָיוʿênāywEye
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
שְׁלֹשָׁהšəlōšāhThree
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
נִצָּבִיםniṣāvîmStation
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
וַיָּרָץwayārāṣAnd run
לִקְרָאתָםliqərāʾtāmTo encountering
מִפֶּתַחmipetaḥFrom opening
הָאֹהֶלhāʾōhelThe tent
וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּwayišətaḥûAnd depress
אָרְצָהʾārəṣāhEarth
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
עֵינָיוʿênāywEye
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
שְׁלֹשָׁהšəlōšāhThree
אֲנָשִׁיםʾănāšîmMan
נִצָּבִיםniṣāvîmStation
עָלָיוʿālāywAbove
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
וַיָּרָץwayārāṣAnd run
לִקְרָאתָםliqərāʾtāmTo encountering
מִפֶּתַחmipetaḥFrom opening
הָאֹהֶלhāʾōhelThe tent
וַיִּשְׁתַּחוּwayišətaḥûAnd depress
אָרְצָהʾārəṣāhEarth

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