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 28:12 — Hebrew 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
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