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Genesis 22:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.


Genesis 22:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 22:517 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶלʾelNear
נְעָרָיוnəʿārāywBoy
שְׁבוּšəvûSit
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
פֹּהpōhThis place
עִםʿimWith
הַחֲמוֹרhaḥămwōrThe ass
וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I
וְהַנַּעַרwəhanaʿarAnd the boy
נֵלְכָהnēləḵāhWalk
עַדʿadAs far
כֹּהkōhLike this
וְנִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהwənišətaḥăwehAnd depress
וְנָשׁוּבָהwənāšûvāhAnd turn
אֲלֵיכֶםʾălêḵemNear
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶלʾelNear
נְעָרָיוnəʿārāywBoy
שְׁבוּšəvûSit
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
פֹּהpōhThis place
עִםʿimWith
הַחֲמוֹרhaḥămwōrThe ass
וַאֲנִיwaʾănîAnd I
וְהַנַּעַרwəhanaʿarAnd the boy
נֵלְכָהnēləḵāhWalk
עַדʿadAs far
כֹּהkōhLike this
וְנִשְׁתַּחֲוֶהwənišətaḥăwehAnd depress
וְנָשׁוּבָהwənāšûvāhAnd turn
אֲלֵיכֶםʾălêḵemNear

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