Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 18:2 Interlinear

And he lift up his eyes and looked and lo three stood and looked them he ran to meet door them from the tent and bowed himself toward the ground

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּשָּׂ֤אH5375And he lift upto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
2עֵינָיו֙H5869his eyesan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
3וַיַּ֗רְאH7200and lookedto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
4וְהִנֵּה֙H2009lo!
5שְׁלֹשָׁ֣הH7969and lo threethree; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
6אֲנָשִׁ֔יםH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
7נִצָּבִ֖יםH5324stoodto station, in various applications (literally or figuratively)
8עָלָ֑יוH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
9וַיַּ֗רְאH7200and lookedto see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
10וַיָּ֤רָץH7323them he ranto run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
11לִקְרָאתָם֙H7125to meetan encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)
12מִפֶּ֣תַחH6607dooran opening (literally), i.e., door (gate) or entrance way
13הָאֹ֔הֶלH168them from the tenta tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
14וַיִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּH7812and bowedto depress, i.e., prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or god)
15אָֽרְצָה׃H776himself toward the groundthe earth (at large, or partitively a land)

Verse Context

Genesis 18:1appeared And the LORD unto him in the plains of Mamre ...
Genesis 18:2 (current)And he lift up his eyes and looked and lo three stood and looked them he ran to meet door them from the tent and bowed himself toward the ground
Genesis 18:3And said if now I have found favour...

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