Genesis 22:6 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.”

Genesis 22:6 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 22:618 words

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אֶתʾet—

עֲצֵיʿăṣêTree

הָעֹלָהhāʿōlāhThe step

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

עַלʿalAbove

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

בְּנוֹbənwōSon

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

בְּיָדוֹbəyādwōIn hand

אֶתʾet—

הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire

וְאֶתwəʾet—

הַמַּאֲכֶלֶתhamaʾăḵeletThe eat

וַיֵּלְכוּwayēləḵûAnd walk

שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

עֲצֵיʿăṣêTree

הָעֹלָהhāʿōlāhThe step

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

עַלʿalAbove

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

בְּנוֹbənwōSon

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

בְּיָדוֹbəyādwōIn hand

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire

וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַמַּאֲכֶלֶתhamaʾăḵeletThe eat

וַיֵּלְכוּwayēləḵûAnd walk

שְׁנֵיהֶםšənêhemTwo

יַחְדָּוyaḥədāwUnit

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