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Genesis 22:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.


Genesis 22:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 22:225 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
קַחqaḥTake
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
אֶתʾet
בִּנְךָbinəḵāSon
אֶתʾet
יְחִידְךָyəḥîdəḵāUnited
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אָהַבְתָּʾāhavətāHave affection
אֶתʾet
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
וְלֶךְwəleḵəAnd walk
לְךָləḵāTo
אֶלʾelNear
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
הַמֹּרִיָּהhamōrîhThe Morijah
וְהַעֲלֵהוּwəhaʿălēhûAnd ascend
שָׁםšāmThere
לְעֹלָהləʿōlāhTo step
עַלʿalAbove
אַחַדʾaḥadUnited
הֶהָרִיםhehārîmThe mountain
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֹמַרʾōmarSay
אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
קַחqaḥTake
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
בִּנְךָbinəḵāSon
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יְחִידְךָyəḥîdəḵāUnited
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אָהַבְתָּʾāhavətāHave affection
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
וְלֶךְwəleḵəAnd walk
לְךָləḵāTo
אֶלʾelNear
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
הַמֹּרִיָּהhamōrîhThe Morijah
וְהַעֲלֵהוּwəhaʿălēhûAnd ascend
שָׁםšāmThere
לְעֹלָהləʿōlāhTo step
עַלʿalAbove
אַחַדʾaḥadUnited
הֶהָרִיםhehārîmThe mountain
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אֹמַרʾōmarSay
אֵלֶיךָʾēleyḵāNear

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