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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 50:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 50:521 words
אָבִיʾāvîFather
הִשְׁבִּיעַנִיhišəbîʿanîSeven
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
מֵתmētDie
בְּקִבְרִיbəqivərîIn sepulchre
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
כָּרִיתִיkārîtîDig
לִיTo
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
תִּקְבְּרֵנִיtiqəbərēnîInter
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
אֶעֱלֶהʾeʿĕlehAscend
נָּאnāʾ'I pray'
וְאֶקְבְּרָהwəʾeqəbərāhAnd inter
אֶתʾet
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וְאָשׁוּבָהwəʾāšûvāhAnd turn
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

אָבִיʾāvîFather
הִשְׁבִּיעַנִיhišəbîʿanîSeven
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
הִנֵּהhinēhLo!
אָנֹכִיʾānōḵîI
מֵתmētDie
בְּקִבְרִיbəqivərîIn sepulchre
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
כָּרִיתִיkārîtîDig
לִיTo
בְּאֶרֶץbəʾereṣIn earth
כְּנַעַןkənaʿanKenaan
שָׁמָּהšāmāhThere
תִּקְבְּרֵנִיtiqəbərēnîInter
וְעַתָּהwəʿatāhAnd at this time
אֶעֱלֶהʾeʿĕlehAscend
נָּאnāʾ'I pray'
וְאֶקְבְּרָהwəʾeqəbərāhAnd inter
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אָבִיʾāvîFather
וְאָשׁוּבָהwəʾāšûvāhAnd turn

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