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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
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֡אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
קַחqaḥ
takeverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
נָ֠אnāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בִּנְ/ךָ֨binəkā
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יְחִֽידְ/ךָ֤yəḥiydəkā
only son youradjH3173
desolate · only (child · son) · solitary
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
whomparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אָהַ֨בְתָּ֙ʾāhabətā
you loveverbH157
-ly · -r) · like · friend
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
יִצְחָ֔קyiṣəḥāq
IsaacnounH3327
וְ/לֶךְwəlekə
awayconjH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
לְ/ךָ֔ləkā
pron
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֶ֖רֶץʾereṣ
the land ofnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
הַ/מֹּרִיָּ֑הhamōriyāh
MoriahparticleH4179
וְ/הַעֲלֵ֤/הוּwəhaʿălēhw
and offer up himconjH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
שָׁם֙šām
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
לְ/עֹלָ֔הləʿōlāh
to a burnt offeringpronH5930
burnt offering · go up to. See also
עַ֚לʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
אַחַ֣דʾaḥad
one ofadjH259
alike · alone · altogether · and ···
הֶֽ/הָרִ֔יםhehāriym
the mountainsparticleH2022
mount · promotion
אֲשֶׁ֖רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
אֹמַ֥רʾōmar
I will tellverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵלֶֽי/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
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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Mary PatelNote2mo ago
Take Now Your Son
God says: take now your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love. The specification is painfully precise. Every qualifier - only son, your love for him - is named. This isn't vague. A professor I had...
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