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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
וַיַּחֲלֹםwayaḥălōmAnd bind firmly
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
סֻלָּםsulāmStair-case
מֻצָּבmuṣāvStation
אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth
וְרֹאשׁוֹwərōʾšwōAnd head
מַגִּיעַmagîʿaTouch
הַשָּׁמָיְמָהhašāmāyəmāhThe heavens
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
מַלְאֲכֵיmaləʾăḵêMessenger
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
עֹלִיםʿōlîmAscend
וְיֹרְדִיםwəyōrədîmAnd descend
בּוֹbwōIn
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּחֲלֹםwayaḥălōmAnd bind firmly
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
סֻלָּםsulāmStair-case
מֻצָּבmuṣāvStation
אַרְצָהʾarəṣāhEarth
וְרֹאשׁוֹwərōʾšwōAnd head
מַגִּיעַmagîʿaTouch
הַשָּׁמָיְמָהhašāmāyəmāhThe heavens
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
מַלְאֲכֵיmaləʾăḵêMessenger
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
עֹלִיםʿōlîmAscend
וְיֹרְדִיםwəyōrədîmAnd descend
בּוֹbwōIn

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