Genesis 21:18 — King James Version← Study notes

“Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.”

Genesis 21:18 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 21:1812 words

קוּמִיqûmîRise

שְׂאִיśəʾîLift

אֶתʾet—

הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy

וְהַחֲזִיקִיwəhaḥăzîqîAnd fasten

אֶתʾet—

יָדֵךְyādēḵəHand

בּוֹbwōIn

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לְגוֹיləgwōyTo nation

גָּדוֹלgādwōlGreat

אֲשִׂימֶנּוּʾăśîmenûPut

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

קוּמִיqûmîRise

שְׂאִיśəʾîLift

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy

וְהַחֲזִיקִיwəhaḥăzîqîAnd fasten

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יָדֵךְyādēḵəHand

בּוֹbwōIn

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

לְגוֹיləgwōyTo nation

גָּדוֹלgādwōlGreat

אֲשִׂימֶנּוּʾăśîmenûPut

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