Genesis 46:1 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer–sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.”

Genesis 46:1 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 46:113 words

וַיִּסַּעwayisaʿAnd pull

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לוֹlwōTo

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

בְּאֵרָהbəʾērāh—

שָּׁבַעšāvaʿBeer-Sheba

וַיִּזְבַּחwayizəbaḥAnd slaughter

זְבָחִיםzəvāḥîmSlaughter

לֵאלֹהֵיlēʾlōhêTo God

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּסַּעwayisaʿAnd pull

יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God

וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

לוֹlwōTo

וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go

בְּאֵרָהbəʾērāhdirect object marker (no translation)

שָּׁבַעšāvaʿBeer-Sheba

וַיִּזְבַּחwayizəbaḥAnd slaughter

זְבָחִיםzəvāḥîmSlaughter

לֵאלֹהֵיlēʾlōhêTo God

אָבִיוʾāvîwFather

יִצְחָקyiṣəḥāqIsaac

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