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Genesis 15:12 Interlinear

“ And when the sun was going down a deep sleep fell upon Abram and lo an horror darkness of great fell ”

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Genesis 15 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיְהִ֤י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙	H8121	And when the sun	the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement
3	לָב֔וֹא	H935	was going down	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
4	וְתַרְדֵּמָ֖ה	H8639	a deep sleep	a lethargy or (by implication) trance
5	נֹפֶ֥לֶת	H5307	fell	to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
6	עַל	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
7	אַבְרָ֑ם	H87	upon Abram	abram, the original name of abraham
8	וְהִנֵּ֥ה	H2009		lo!
9	אֵימָ֛ה	H367	and lo an horror	fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear)
10	חֲשֵׁכָ֥ה	H2825	darkness	darkness; figuratively, misery
11	גְדֹלָ֖ה	H1419	of great	great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
12	נֹפֶ֥לֶת	H5307	fell	to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
13	עָלָֽיו׃	H5921		above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

Genesis 15:12 (current) And when the sun was going down a deep sleep fell upon Abram and lo an horror darkness of great fell