Genesis 14:23
that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
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ASV
that I will not take a thread nor a shoe-latchet nor aught that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
KJV
That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אִם־ | 'im- | if | H518 → |
| מִחוּט֙ | mi.Chut | from a thread | H2339 → |
| וְעַ֣ד | ve.'Ad | and unto | H5704 → |
| שְׂרֽוֹךְ־ | se.rokh- | a thong of | H8288 → |
| נַ֔עַל | Na.'al | a sandal | H5275 → |
| וְאִם־ | ve.'im- | and if | H518 → |
| אֶקַּ֖ח | 'e.Kach | I will take | H3947 → |
| מִכָּל־ | mi.kol | any of all | H3605 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | that | H834 → |
| לָ֑ךְ | Lakh | [belongs] to <the> you | |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| תֹאמַ֔ר | to.Mar | you will say | H559 → |
| אֲנִ֖י | 'a.Ni | I | H589 → |
| הֶעֱשַׁ֥רְתִּי | he.'e.Shar.ti | I made rich | H6238 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| אַבְרָֽם׃ | 'av.Ram | Abram | H87 → |
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