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 22:13 — Hebrew 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
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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