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Genesis 36:7 — King James Version← Study notes

For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.


Genesis 36:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 36:714 words
כִּיRelative conjunction
הָיָהhāyāhExist
רְכוּשָׁםrəḵûšāmProperty
רָבrāvAbundant
מִשֶּׁבֶתmiševetFrom sit
יַחְדָּוyaḥədāwUnit
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָכְלָהyāḵəlāhBe able
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מְגוּרֵיהֶםməgûrêhemTemporary abode
לָשֵׂאתlāśēʾtTo lift
אֹתָםʾōtām
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
מִקְנֵיהֶםmiqənêhemBought
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

כִּיRelative conjunction
הָיָהhāyāhExist
רְכוּשָׁםrəḵûšāmProperty
רָבrāvAbundant
מִשֶּׁבֶתmiševetFrom sit
יַחְדָּוyaḥədāwUnit
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
יָכְלָהyāḵəlāhBe able
אֶרֶץʾereṣEarth
מְגוּרֵיהֶםməgûrêhemTemporary abode
לָשֵׂאתlāśēʾtTo lift
אֹתָםʾōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)
מִפְּנֵיmipənêFrom face
מִקְנֵיהֶםmiqənêhemBought

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