Hebrew Interlinear

Genesis 28:20 Interlinear

vowed And Jacob a vow saying If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1וַיִּדַּ֥רH5087vowedto promise (pos., to do or give something to god)
2יַֽעֲקֹ֖בH3290And Jacobjaakob, the israelitish patriarch
3נֶ֣דֶרH5088a vowa promise (to god); also (concretely) a thing promised
4לֵאמֹ֑רH559sayingto say (used with great latitude)
5אִםH518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
6יִֽהְיֶ֨הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
7אֱלֹהִ֜יםH430If Godgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
8עִמָּדִ֗יH5978along with
9וּשְׁמָרַ֙נִי֙H8104will be with me and will keep meproperly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
10בַּדֶּ֤רֶךְH1870in this waya road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
11הַזֶּה֙H2088the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that
12אֲשֶׁ֣רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
13אָֽנֹכִ֣יH595i
14הוֹלֵ֔ךְH1980that I goto walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
15וְנָֽתַןH5414and will giveto give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
16לִ֥יH0
17לֶ֛חֶםH3899me breadfood (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
18לֶֽאֱכֹ֖לH398to eatto eat (literally or figuratively)
19וּבֶ֥גֶדH899and raimenta covering, i.e., clothing
20לִלְבֹּֽשׁ׃H3847to put onproperly, wrap around, i.e., (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively

Verse Context

Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place ...
Genesis 28:20 (current)vowed And Jacob a vow saying If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on
Genesis 28:21So that I come again in peace house to my father's ...

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