Genesis 50:11 — King James Version← Study notes

“And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel–mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.”

Genesis 50:11 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 50:1122 words

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see

יוֹשֵׁבywōšēvSit

הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth

הַכְּנַעֲנִיhakənaʿănîThe Kenaanite

אֶתʾet—

הָאֵבֶלhāʾēvelThe lamentation

בְּגֹרֶןbəgōrenIn threshing-floor

הָאָטָדhāʾāṭādThorn-tree

וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say

אֵבֶלʾēvelLamentation

כָּבֵדkāvēdHeavy

זֶהzehThis

לְמִצְרָיִםləmiṣərāyimTo Mitsrite

עַלʿalAbove

כֵּןkēnSet upright

קָרָאqārāʾCall out to

שְׁמָהּšəmāhAppellation

אָבֵלʾāvēl—

מִצְרַיִםmiṣərayimAbel-Mitsrajim

אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho

בְּעֵבֶרbəʿēverIn across

הַיַּרְדֵּןhayarədēnThe Jarden

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

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