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Genesis 22:13 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.


Genesis 22:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 22:1320 words
וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶתʾet
עֵינָיוʿênāywEye
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
אַיִלʾayilStrength
אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part
נֶאֱחַזneʾĕḥazSeize
בַּסְּבַךְbasəvaḵəIn copse
בְּקַרְנָיוbəqarənāywIn horn
וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
אֶתʾet
הָאַיִלhāʾayilThe strength
וַיַּעֲלֵהוּwayaʿălēhûAnd ascend
לְעֹלָהləʿōlāhTo step
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
בְּנוֹbənwōSon
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּשָּׂאwayiśāʾAnd lift
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
עֵינָיוʿênāywEye
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
אַיִלʾayilStrength
אַחַרʾaḥarThe hind part
נֶאֱחַזneʾĕḥazSeize
בַּסְּבַךְbasəvaḵəIn copse
בְּקַרְנָיוbəqarənāywIn horn
וַיֵּלֶךְwayēleḵəAnd walk
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הָאַיִלhāʾayilThe strength
וַיַּעֲלֵהוּwayaʿălēhûAnd ascend
לְעֹלָהləʿōlāhTo step
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
בְּנוֹbənwōSon

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