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Genesis 35:5 — King James Version← Study notes

And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.


Genesis 35:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 35:513 words
וַיִּסָּעוּwayisāʿûAnd pull
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
חִתַּתḥitatFear
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
עַלʿalAbove
הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶםsəvîvōtêhemCircle
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
רָדְפוּrādəp̄ûRun after
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּסָּעוּwayisāʿûAnd pull
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
חִתַּתḥitatFear
אֱלֹהִיםʾĕlōhîmGod
עַלʿalAbove
הֶעָרִיםheʿārîmThe city
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶםsəvîvōtêhemCircle
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
רָדְפוּrādəp̄ûRun after
אַחֲרֵיʾaḥărêThe hind part
בְּנֵיbənêSon
יַעֲקֹבyaʿăqōvJacob

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