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Genesis 22:7 — King James Version← Study notes

And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?


Genesis 22:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 22:717 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
אֶלʾelNear
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הִנֶּנִּיhinenîLo!
בְנִיvənîSon
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire
וְהָעֵצִיםwəhāʿēṣîmAnd the tree
וְאַיֵּהwəʾayēhAnd where?
הַשֶּׂהhaśehThe sheep
לְעֹלָהləʿōlāhTo step
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac
אֶלʾelNear
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אָבִיוʾāvîwFather
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הִנֶּנִּיhinenîLo!
בְנִיvənîSon
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
הָאֵשׁhāʾēšThe fire
וְהָעֵצִיםwəhāʿēṣîmAnd the tree
וְאַיֵּהwəʾayēhAnd where?
הַשֶּׂהhaśehThe sheep
לְעֹלָהləʿōlāhTo step

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