Genesis
Genesis 12:7
7Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.d” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
Footnotes
- d 12:7 Cited in Galatians 3:16|GAL 3:16
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then the LORD | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| appeared | וַיֵּרָ֤א | way·yê·rā | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H7200 see |
| to | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| Abram | אַבְרָ֔ם | ’aḇ·rām | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H87 Abram |
| and said | וַיֹּ֕אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I will give | אֶתֵּ֖ן | ’et·tên | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | H5414 give, put, set |
| this | הַזֹּ֑את | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| land | הָאָ֣רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| to your offspring | לְזַ֨רְעֲךָ֔ | lə·zar·‘ă·ḵā | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H2233 sowing, seed, offspring |
| So | וַיִּ֤בֶן | way·yi·ḇen | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H1129 build |
| an altar | מִזְבֵּ֔חַ | miz·bê·aḥ | Noun - masculine singular | H4196 altar |
| there | שָׁם֙ | šām | Adverb | H8033 there, thither |
| to the LORD | לַיהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| who had appeared | הַנִּרְאֶ֥ה | han·nir·’eh | Article; Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular | H7200 see |
| to him | אֵלָֽיו׃ | ’ê·lāw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | H413 motion to |
Cross-references
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Genesis 17:8 · Genesis 13:15 · Genesis 17:1 · Galatians 3:16 · Genesis 18:1 · Genesis 13:4 · Psalm 105:9–12 · Genesis 13:18 · Genesis 26:25 · Genesis 32:30 · Exodus 33:1 · Genesis 12:8
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.