Genesis 22:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;”

Genesis 22:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 22:1719 words

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

בָרֵךְvārēḵəKneel

אֲבָרֶכְךָʾăvāreḵəḵāKneel

וְהַרְבָּהwəharəbāhAnd increase

אַרְבֶּהʾarəbehIncrease

אֶתʾet—

זַרְעֲךָzarəʿăḵāSeed

כְּכוֹכְבֵיkəḵwōḵəvêLike star

הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens

וְכַחוֹלwəḵaḥwōlAnd like sand

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עַלʿalAbove

שְׂפַתśəp̄atLip

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

וְיִרַשׁwəyirašAnd occupy

זַרְעֲךָzarəʿăḵāSeed

אֵתʾēt—

שַׁעַרšaʿarOpening

אֹיְבָיוʾōyəvāywHating

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

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיkîRelative conjunction

בָרֵךְvārēḵəKneel

אֲבָרֶכְךָʾăvāreḵəḵāKneel

וְהַרְבָּהwəharəbāhAnd increase

אַרְבֶּהʾarəbehIncrease

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

זַרְעֲךָzarəʿăḵāSeed

כְּכוֹכְבֵיkəḵwōḵəvêLike star

הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens

וְכַחוֹלwəḵaḥwōlAnd like sand

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

עַלʿalAbove

שְׂפַתśəp̄atLip

הַיָּםhayāmThe sea

וְיִרַשׁwəyirašAnd occupy

זַרְעֲךָzarəʿăḵāSeed

אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)

שַׁעַרšaʿarOpening

אֹיְבָיוʾōyəvāywHating

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