Genesis 22:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.”

Genesis 22:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 22:113 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part

הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

וְהָאֱלֹהִיםwəhāʾĕlōhîmAnd the God

נִסָּהnisāhTest

אֶתʾet—

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

הִנֵּנִיhinēnîLo!

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part

הַדְּבָרִיםhadəvārîmThe word

הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these

וְהָאֱלֹהִיםwəhāʾĕlōhîmAnd the God

נִסָּהnisāhTest

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֵלָיוʾēlāywNear

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

הִנֵּנִיhinēnîLo!

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