Genesis 49:29 — King James Version← Study notes

“And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,”

Genesis 49:29 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 49:2918 words

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

אוֹתָםʾwōtām—

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear

אֲנִיʾănîI

נֶאֱסָףneʾĕsāp̄Gather

אֶלʾelNear

עַמִּיʿamîPeople

קִבְרוּqivərûInter

אֹתִיʾōtî—

אֶלʾelNear

אֲבֹתָיʾăvōtāyFather

אֶלʾelNear

הַמְּעָרָהhaməʿārāhThe cavern

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בִּשְׂדֵהbiśədēhIn field

עֶפְרוֹןʿep̄ərwōnEphron

הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְצַוwayəṣawAnd constitute

אוֹתָםʾwōtāmdirect object marker (no translation)

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say

אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear

אֲנִיʾănîI

נֶאֱסָףneʾĕsāp̄Gather

אֶלʾelNear

עַמִּיʿamîPeople

קִבְרוּqivərûInter

אֹתִיʾōtîdirect object marker (no translation)

אֶלʾelNear

אֲבֹתָיʾăvōtāyFather

אֶלʾelNear

הַמְּעָרָהhaməʿārāhThe cavern

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בִּשְׂדֵהbiśədēhIn field

עֶפְרוֹןʿep̄ərwōnEphron

הַחִתִּיhaḥitîThe Chittite

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