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Genesis 22:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.


Genesis 22:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 22:1224 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַלʾalNot
תִּשְׁלַחtišəlaḥSend
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
אֶלʾelNear
הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
תַּעַשׂtaʿaśDo
לוֹlwōTo
מְאוּמָּהməʾûmāhSpeck
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
יָדַעְתִּיyādaʿətîKnow
כִּיRelative conjunction
יְרֵאyərēʾFearing
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
חָשַׂכְתָּḥāśaḵətāRestrain
אֶתʾet
בִּנְךָbinəḵāSon
אֶתʾet
יְחִידְךָyəḥîdəḵāUnited
מִמֶּנִּיmimenîPart
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַלʾalNot
תִּשְׁלַחtišəlaḥSend
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
אֶלʾelNear
הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
תַּעַשׂtaʿaśDo
לוֹlwōTo
מְאוּמָּהməʾûmāhSpeck
כִּיRelative conjunction
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
יָדַעְתִּיyādaʿətîKnow
כִּיRelative conjunction
יְרֵאyərēʾFearing
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
חָשַׂכְתָּḥāśaḵətāRestrain
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בִּנְךָbinəḵāSon
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יְחִידְךָyəḥîdəḵāUnited
מִמֶּנִּיmimenîPart

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