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 22:12 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 22:1224 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַלʾalNot
תִּשְׁלַחtišəlaḥSend
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
אֶלʾelNear
הַנַּעַרhanaʿarThe boy
וְאַלwəʾalAnd not
תַּעַשׂtaʿaśDo
לוֹlwōTo
מְאוּמָּהməʾûmāhSpeck
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
עַתָּהʿatāhAt this time
יָדַעְתִּיyādaʿətîKnow
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
יְרֵאyərēʾFearing
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
חָשַׂכְתָּḥāśaḵətāRestrain
אֶתʾet—
בִּנְךָbinəḵāSon
אֶתʾet—
יְחִידְךָyəḥîdəḵāUnited
מִמֶּנִּיmimenîPart
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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