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Genesis 15:17 Interlinear

And it came to pass that when the sun went down and it was dark furnace behold a smoking lamp and a burning that passed between those pieces

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיְהִ֤יH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙H8121And it came to pass that when the sunthe sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement
3בָּ֔אָהH935went downto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
4וַֽעֲלָטָ֖הH5939and it was darkdusk
5הָיָ֑הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
6וְהִנֵּ֨הH2009lo!
7תַנּ֤וּרH8574furnacea fire-pot
8עָשָׁן֙H6227behold a smokingsmoke, literally or figuratively (vapor, dust, anger)
9וְלַפִּ֣ידH3940lampa flambeau, lamp or flame
10אֵ֔שׁH784and a burningfire (literally or figuratively)
11אֲשֶׁ֣רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
12עָבַ֔רH5674that passedto cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
13בֵּ֖יןH996betweenbetween (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
14הַגְּזָרִ֥יםH1506those piecessomething cut off; a portion
15הָאֵֽלֶּה׃H428these or those

Verse Context

Genesis 15:16generation But in the fourth again is not yet ...
Genesis 15:17 (current) And it came to pass that when the sun went down and it was dark furnace behold a smoking lamp and a burning that passed between those pieces
Genesis 15:18day In the same made the LORD with Abram...

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