Genesis 22:9 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.”

Genesis 22:9 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 22:925 words

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go

אֶלʾelNear

הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אָמַרʾāmarSay

לוֹlwōTo

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build

שָׁםšāmThere

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אֶתʾet—

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

וַיַּעֲרֹךְwayaʿărōḵəAnd row

אֶתʾet—

הָעֵצִיםhāʿēṣîmThe tree

וַיַּעֲקֹדwayaʿăqōdAnd tie with thongs

אֶתʾet—

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

בְּנוֹbənwōSon

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

עַלʿalAbove

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

מִמַּעַלmimaʿalFrom upper part

לָעֵצִיםlāʿēṣîmTo tree

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּבֹאוּwayāvōʾûAnd go

אֶלʾelNear

הַמָּקוֹםhamāqwōmThe standing

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אָמַרʾāmarSay

לוֹlwōTo

הָאֱלֹהִיםhāʾĕlōhîmThe God

וַיִּבֶןwayivenAnd build

שָׁםšāmThere

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

וַיַּעֲרֹךְwayaʿărōḵəAnd row

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

הָעֵצִיםhāʿēṣîmThe tree

וַיַּעֲקֹדwayaʿăqōdAnd tie with thongs

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

בְּנוֹbənwōSon

וַיָּשֶׂםwayāśemAnd put

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

עַלʿalAbove

הַמִּזְבֵּחַhamizəbēḥaThe altar

מִמַּעַלmimaʿalFrom upper part

לָעֵצִיםlāʿēṣîmTo tree

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