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Genesis 18:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.


Genesis 18:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 18:518 words
וְאֶקְחָהwəʾeqəḥāhAnd take
פַתp̄atBit
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
וְסַעֲדוּwəsaʿădûAnd support
לִבְּכֶםlibəḵemHeart
אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part
תַּעֲבֹרוּtaʿăvōrûCross
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
עֲבַרְתֶּםʿăvarətemCross
עַלʿalAbove
עַבְדְּכֶםʿavədəḵemServant
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
כֵּןkēnSet upright
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבַּרְתָּdibarətāArrange
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וְאֶקְחָהwəʾeqəḥāhAnd take
פַתp̄atBit
לֶחֶםleḥemFood
וְסַעֲדוּwəsaʿădûAnd support
לִבְּכֶםlibəḵemHeart
אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part
תַּעֲבֹרוּtaʿăvōrûCross
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַלʿalAbove
כֵּןkēnSet upright
עֲבַרְתֶּםʿăvarətemCross
עַלʿalAbove
עַבְדְּכֶםʿavədəḵemServant
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
כֵּןkēnSet upright
תַּעֲשֶׂהtaʿăśehDo
כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who
דִּבַּרְתָּdibarətāArrange

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