Genesis 22:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:”

Genesis 22:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 22:1618 words

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

בִּיbîIn

נִשְׁבַּעְתִּיnišəbaʿətîSeven

נְאֻםnəʾumOracle

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יַעַןyaʿanHeed

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עָשִׂיתָʿāśîtāDo

אֶתʾet—

הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

חָשַׂכְתָּḥāśaḵətāRestrain

אֶתʾet—

בִּנְךָbinəḵāSon

אֶתʾet—

יְחִידֶךָyəḥîdeḵāUnited

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

בִּיbîIn

נִשְׁבַּעְתִּיnišəbaʿətîSeven

נְאֻםnəʾumOracle

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

יַעַןyaʿanHeed

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עָשִׂיתָʿāśîtāDo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

חָשַׂכְתָּḥāśaḵətāRestrain

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בִּנְךָbinəḵāSon

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יְחִידֶךָyəḥîdeḵāUnited

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