Genesis
Genesis 22:12
12“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.b”
Footnotes
- b 22:12 Or from Me
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| lay | תִּשְׁלַ֤ח | tiš·laḥ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H7971 send |
| a hand | יָֽדְךָ֙ | yā·ḏə·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3027 hand |
| on | אֶל־ | ’el- | Preposition | H413 motion to |
| the boy | הַנַּ֔עַר | han·na·‘ar | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H5288 a shaking, scattering |
| or do | תַּ֥עַשׂ | ta·‘aś | Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular | H6213 do, make |
| anything | מְא֑וּמָּה | mə·ʾūm·må̄h | Noun - masculine singular | H3972 anything |
| to him | ל֖וֹ | lōw | Preposition; third person masculine singular | |
| said | וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| for | כִּ֣י׀ | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| now | עַתָּ֣ה | ‘at·tāh | Adverb | H6258 now |
| I know | יָדַ֗עְתִּי | yā·ḏa‘·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H3045 know |
| that | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| you | אַ֔תָּה | ’at·tāh | Pronoun - second person masculine singular | H859 thou |
| fear | יְרֵ֤א | yə·rê | Adjective - masculine singular construct | H3373 fear |
| God | אֱלֹהִים֙ | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| since you have not | וְלֹ֥א | wə·lō | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| withheld | חָשַׂ֛כְתָּ | ḥā·śaḵ·tā | Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H2820 withhold, refrain |
| your only | יְחִידְךָ֖ | yə·ḥî·ḏə·ḵā | Adjective - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3173 only one, solitary |
| son | בִּנְךָ֥ | bin·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H1121 son |
| from me | מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ | mim·men·nî | Preposition; first person common singular | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
James 2:21–22 · James 2:18 · 1 Samuel 15:22 · Matthew 10:37–38 · Romans 8:32 · Matthew 19:29 · 1 Corinthians 10:13 · Genesis 22:2 · Genesis 26:5 · Ecclesiastes 12:13 · Psalm 147:11 · John 3:16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.