Genesis 28:20 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,”

Genesis 28:20 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 28:2020 words

וַיִּדַּרwayidarAnd promise

יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

נֶדֶרnederPromise

לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say

אִםʾimLo!

יִהְיֶהyihəyehExist

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

עִמָּדִיʿimādîAlong with

וּשְׁמָרַנִיûšəmāranîAnd hedge

בַּדֶּרֶךְbadereḵəIn road

הַזֶּהhazehThe this

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI

הוֹלֵךְhwōlēḵəWalk

וְנָתַןwənātanAnd give

לִיlîTo

לֶחֶםleḥemFood

לֶאֱכֹלleʾĕḵōlTo eat

וּבֶגֶדûvegedAnd covering

לִלְבֹּשׁliləbōšTo wrap around

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

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