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Genesis 28:12 — King James Version← Study notes

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.


Genesis 28:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 28:1214 words
HebrewMeaning
וַֽ/יַּחֲלֹ֗םwayaḥălōm
and he dreamedconjH2492
be in good liking · recover
וְ/הִנֵּ֤הwəhinēh
and there!conjH2009
lo · see
סֻלָּם֙sulām
a stairwaynounH5551
מֻצָּ֣בmuṣāb
was placedverbH5324
deputy · erect · establish · Huzzah ···
אַ֔רְצָ/הʾarəṣāh
the earth towardsnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וְ/רֹאשׁ֖/וֹwərōʾšwō
and top itsconjH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
מַגִּ֣יעַmagiyʿa
was reachingverbH5060
bring · cast · come · draw near ···
הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יְמָ/הhašāmāyəmāh
the heavens towardsparticleH8064
astrologer · heaven
וְ/הִנֵּה֙wəhinēh
and there!conjH2009
lo · see
מַלְאֲכֵ֣יmaləʾăkēy
the angels ofnounH4397
angel · king · messenger
אֱלֹהִ֔יםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
עֹלִ֥יםʿōliym
were going upverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
וְ/יֹרְדִ֖יםwəyōrədiym
and were going downconjH3381
abundantly · carry down · cast down · come down ···
בּֽ/וֹbwō
pron
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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Omar HassanNote2mo ago
A Ladder Set Up on the Earth
Jacob dreams of a ladder connecting heaven and earth, with angels ascending and descending. God stands above it, giving the same covenant promises. When I've felt most disconnected from heaven - duri...
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