Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 15:5 Interlinear

And he brought him forth abroad and said Look now toward heaven and tell the stars if thou be able and tell and said unto him So shall thy seed

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1וַיּוֹצֵ֨אH3318And he brought him forthto go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
2אֹת֜וֹH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
3הַח֗וּצָהH2351abroadproperly, separate by a wall, i.e., outside, outdoors
4וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559and saidto say (used with great latitude)
5הַבֶּטH5027Lookto scan, i.e., look intently at; by implication, to regard with pleasure, favor or care
6נָ֣אH4994'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
7הַשָּׁמַ֗יְמָהH8064now toward heaventhe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
8לִסְפֹּ֣רH5608and tellproperly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra
9הַכּ֣וֹכָבִ֔יםH3556the starsa star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince
10אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
11תּוּכַ֖לH3201if thou be ableto be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
12לִסְפֹּ֣רH5608and tellproperly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e., (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e., celebra
13אֹתָ֑םH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
14וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559and saidto say (used with great latitude)
15ל֔וֹH0
16כֹּ֥הH3541unto him Soproperly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
17יִֽהְיֶ֖הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
18זַרְעֶֽךָ׃H2233shall thy seedseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

Verse Context

Genesis 15:4 And behold the word of the LORD came unto him saying ...
Genesis 15:5 (current)And he brought him forth abroad and said Look now toward heaven and tell the stars if thou be able and tell and said unto him So shall thy seed
Genesis 15:6And he believed in the LORD and he counted it to him for righteousness...

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