Genesis 50:5 — King James Version← Study notes
“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
אָבִיʾāvîFather
הִשְׁבִּיעַנִיhišəbîʿanîSeven
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
מֵתmētDie
בְּקִבְרִיbəqivərîIn sepulchre
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
כָּרִיתִיkārîtîDig
לִיlîTo
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
תִּקְבְּרֵנִיtiqəbərēnîInter
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
אֶעֱלֶהʾeʿĕlehAscend
נָּאnāʾ'I pray'
וְאֶקְבְּרָהwəʾeqəbərāhAnd inter
אֶתʾet—
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וְאָשׁוּבָהwəʾāšûvāhAnd turn
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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