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Genesis 12:10 Interlinear

“ And there was a famine in the land went down and Abram into Egypt to sojourn was grievous And there was a famine in the land”

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Genesis 12 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיְהִ֥י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	הָֽרָעָ֖ב	H7458	And there was a famine	hunger (more or less extensive)
3	בָּאָֽרֶץ׃	H776	in the land	the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
4	וַיֵּ֨רֶד	H3381	went down	to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
5	אַבְרָ֤ם	H87	and Abram	abram, the original name of abraham
6	מִצְרַ֙יְמָה֙	H4714	into Egypt	mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt
7	לָג֣וּר	H1481	to sojourn	properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e., sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place);
8	שָׁ֔ם	H8033		there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
9	כִּֽי	H3588		(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
10	כָבֵ֥ד	H3515	was grievous	heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
11	הָֽרָעָ֖ב	H7458	And there was a famine	hunger (more or less extensive)
12	בָּאָֽרֶץ׃	H776	in the land	the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Genesis 12:10 (current) And there was a famine in the land went down and Abram into Egypt to sojourn was grievous And there was a famine in the land