Genesis 28:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not.”

Genesis 28:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 28:1612 words

וַיִּיקַץwayîqaṣAnd awake

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

מִשְּׁנָתוֹmišənātwōFrom sleep

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אָכֵןʾāḵēnFirmly

יֵשׁyēšIs

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בַּמָּקוֹםbamāqwōmIn standing

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

וְאָנֹכִיwəʾānōḵîAnd I

לֹאlōʾNot

יָדָעְתִּיyādāʿətîKnow

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּיקַץwayîqaṣAnd awake

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

מִשְּׁנָתוֹmišənātwōFrom sleep

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אָכֵןʾāḵēnFirmly

יֵשׁyēšIs

יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD

בַּמָּקוֹםbamāqwōmIn standing

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

וְאָנֹכִיwəʾānōḵîAnd I

לֹאlōʾNot

יָדָעְתִּיyādāʿətîKnow

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