“My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.”
Genesis 50:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 50:521 words
HebrewMeaning
אָבִ֞/יʾābiy
father mynounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
הִשְׁבִּיעַ֣/נִיhišəbiyʿaniy
he made swear an oath meverbH7650
charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for
לֵ/אמֹ֗רlēʾmōr
sayingpronH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הִנֵּ֣הhinēh
here!particleH2009
lo · see
אָנֹכִי֮ʾānōkiy
IprepH595
me · which
מֵת֒mēt
am about to dieverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
בְּ/קִבְרִ֗/יbəqibəriy
in grave mypronH6913
grave · sepulchre
אֲשֶׁ֨רʾăšer
whichparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
כָּרִ֤יתִיkāriytiy
I dugverbH3738
make · open
לִ/י֙liy
pron
בְּ/אֶ֣רֶץbəʾereṣ
in the land ofpronH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
כְּנַ֔עַןkənaʿan
CanaannounH3667
merchant · traffick
שָׁ֖מָּ/הšāmāh
thereadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
תִּקְבְּרֵ֑/נִיtiqəbərēniy
you will bury meverbH6912
in any wise
וְ/עַתָּ֗הwəʿatāh
and thereforeconjH6258
now · straightway · this time · whereas
אֶֽעֱלֶהʾeʿĕleh
let me go upverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
נָּ֛אnāʾ
pleaseparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
וְ/אֶקְבְּרָ֥הwəʾeqəbərāh
so I may buryconjH6912
in any wise
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אָבִ֖/יʾābiy
father mynounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וְ/אָשֽׁוּבָהwəʾāšwbāh
and I will returnconjH7725
build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···
ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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