Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 15:13 Interlinear

And he said unto Abram Know Know shall be a stranger that thy seed in a land that is not theirs and shall serve them and they shall afflict them four hundred years

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559And he saidto say (used with great latitude)
2לְאַבְרָ֗םH87unto Abramabram, the original name of abraham
3תֵּדַ֜עH3045Knowto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
4תֵּדַ֜עH3045Knowto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
5כִּיH3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
6גֵ֣ר׀H1616shall be a strangerproperly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
7יִֽהְיֶ֣הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
8זַרְעֲךָ֗H2233that thy seedseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
9בְּאֶ֙רֶץ֙H776in a landthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)
10לֹ֣אH3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
11לָהֶ֔םH0
12וַֽעֲבָד֖וּםH5647that is not theirs and shall serveto work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc
13וְעִנּ֣וּH6031them and they shall afflictto depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
14אֹתָ֑םH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
15אַרְבַּ֥עH702them fourfour
16מֵא֖וֹתH3967hundreda hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
17שָׁנָֽה׃H8141yearsa year (as a revolution of time)

Verse Context

Genesis 15:12 And when the sun was going down a deep sleep fell ...
Genesis 15:13 (current)And he said unto Abram Know Know shall be a stranger that thy seed in a land that is not theirs and shall serve them and they shall afflict them four hundred years
Genesis 15:14 And also that nation whom they shall serve will I judge...

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