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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 22:16Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 22:1618 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
בִּ֥/יbiy
pron
נִשְׁבַּ֖עְתִּיnišəbaʿətiy
I swearverbH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
נְאֻםnəʾum
the utterance ofnounH5002
saith
יְהוָ֑הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
כִּ֗יkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
יַ֚עַןyaʿan
becauseconjH3282
forasmuch · seeing then · that · wheras ···
אֲשֶׁ֤רʾăšer
thatparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
עָשִׂ֨יתָ֙ʿāśiytā
you have doneverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/דָּבָ֣רhadābār
the thingparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הַ/זֶּ֔הhazeh
thisparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
וְ/לֹ֥אwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
חָשַׂ֖כְתָּḥāśakətā
you have withheldverbH2820
darken · forbear · hinder · hold back ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בִּנְ/ךָ֥binəkā
son yournounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְחִידֶֽ/ךָyəḥiydekā
only son youradjH3173
desolate · only (child · son) · solitary
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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James ThorntonNote1mo ago
By Myself I Have Sworn
God swears by Himself because there's no one greater to swear by. His own character is His guarantee. The promise stands because He vouches for it with Himself. I think about what it means to have no...
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