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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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּשָּׂ֤אwayiśāʾ
and he lifted upconjH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
עֵינָי/ו֙ʿēynāyw
eyes hisnounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
וַ/יַּ֔רְאwayarəʾ
and he sawconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
וְ/הִנֵּה֙wəhinēh
and there!conjH2009
lo · see
שְׁלֹשָׁ֣הšəlōšāh
threeadjH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
אֲנָשִׁ֔יםʾănāšiym
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
נִצָּבִ֖יםniṣābiym
were standingverbH5324
deputy · erect · establish · Huzzah ···
עָלָ֑י/וʿālāyw
with himpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
וַ/יַּ֗רְאwayarəʾ
and he sawconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
וַ/יָּ֤רָץwayārāṣ
and he ranconjH7323
divide speedily · footman · guard · bring hastily ···
לִ/קְרָאתָ/ם֙liqərāʾtām
helppronH7125
against · meet · seek · to ···
מִ/פֶּ֣תַחmipetaḥ
from the opening ofpronH6607
entering · entrance · gate · opening ···
הָ/אֹ֔הֶלhāʾōhel
the tentparticleH168
home · tabernacle · tent
וַ/יִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּwayišətaḥw
and he bowed downconjH7812
crouch · fall down · humbly beseech · do obeisance ···
אָֽרְצָ/הʾārəṣāh
the ground towardsnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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Omar HassanNote1mo ago
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