Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 13:16 Interlinear

And I will make then shall thy seed as the dust of the earth so that can also be numbered as the dust of the earth then shall thy seed also be numbered

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וְשַׂמְתִּ֥יH7760And I will maketo put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
2אֶֽתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3זַרְעֲךָ֖H2233then shall thy seedseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
4עֲפַ֣רH6083as the dustdust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
5הָאָ֔רֶץH776of the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
6אֲשֶׁ֣ר׀H834so thatwho, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
7אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
8יוּכַ֣לH3201canto be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
9אִ֗ישׁH582properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
10יִמָּנֶֽה׃H4487also be numberedproperly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll
11אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
12עֲפַ֣רH6083as the dustdust (as powdered or gray); hence, clay, earth, mud
13הָאָ֔רֶץH776of the earththe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
14גַּֽםH1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
15זַרְעֲךָ֖H2233then shall thy seedseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
16יִמָּנֶֽה׃H4487also be numberedproperly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll

Verse Context

Genesis 13:15 For all the land ...
Genesis 13:16 (current)And I will make then shall thy seed as the dust of the earth so that can also be numbered as the dust of the earth then shall thy seed also be numbered
Genesis 13:17Arise walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth ...

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