Genesis 28:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.”

Genesis 28:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 28:416 words

וְיִתֶּןwəyitenAnd give

לְךָləḵāTo

אֶתʾet—

בִּרְכַּתbirəkatBenediction

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

לְךָləḵāTo

וּלְזַרְעֲךָûləzarəʿăḵāAnd to seed

אִתָּךְʾitāḵəNearness

לְרִשְׁתְּךָlərišətəḵāTo occupy

אֶתʾet—

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

מְגֻרֶיךָməgureyḵāTemporary abode

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָתַןnātanGive

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

לְאַבְרָהָםləʾavərāhāmTo Abraham

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְיִתֶּןwəyitenAnd give

לְךָləḵāTo

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

בִּרְכַּתbirəkatBenediction

אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham

לְךָləḵāTo

וּלְזַרְעֲךָûləzarəʿăḵāAnd to seed

אִתָּךְʾitāḵəNearness

לְרִשְׁתְּךָlərišətəḵāTo occupy

אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)

אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth

מְגֻרֶיךָməgureyḵāTemporary abode

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

נָתַןnātanGive

אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod

לְאַבְרָהָםləʾavərāhāmTo Abraham

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