Hebrew Interlinear
Genesis 28:12 Interlinear
“And he dreamed and behold a ladder set up on the earth and the top of it reached to heaven and behold the angels of God ascending and descending ”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֗ם | H2492 | And he dreamed | properly, to bind firmly, i.e., (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream |
| 2 | וְהִנֵּ֤ה | H2009 | lo! | |
| 3 | סֻלָּם֙ | H5551 | and behold a ladder | a stair-case |
| 4 | מֻצָּ֣ב | H5324 | set up | to station, in various applications (literally or figuratively) |
| 5 | אַ֔רְצָה | H776 | on the earth | the earth (at large, or partitively a land) |
| 6 | וְרֹאשׁ֖וֹ | H7218 | and the top of it | the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) |
| 7 | מַגִּ֣יעַ | H5060 | reached | properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive |
| 8 | הַשָּׁמָ֑יְמָה | H8064 | to heaven | the 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 |
| 9 | וְהִנֵּה֙ | H2009 | lo! | |
| 10 | מַלְאֲכֵ֣י | H4397 | and behold the angels | a messenger; specifically, of god, i.e., an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher) |
| 11 | אֱלֹהִ֔ים | H430 | of God | gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of |
| 12 | עֹלִ֥ים | H5927 | ascending | to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative |
| 13 | וְיֹֽרְדִ֖ים | H3381 | and descending | to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau |
| 14 | בּֽוֹ׃ | H0 |
Verse Context
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Genesis 28:12 (current)And he dreamed and behold a ladder set up on the earth and the top of it reached to heaven and behold the angels of God ascending and descending
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