Genesis 22:2
“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”
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ASV
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
KJV
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
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25 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֡אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| קַח־ | kach- | take | H3947 → |
| נָ֠א | na' | please | H4994 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| בִּנְךָ֨ | bin.Kha | son your | H1121 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| יְחִֽידְךָ֤ | ye.chi.de.Kha | only [son] your | H3173 → |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | 'a.Sher- | whom | H834 → |
| אָהַ֙בְתָּ֙ | 'a.Hav.ta | you love | H157 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| יִצְחָ֔ק | yitz.Chak | Isaac | H3327 → |
| וְלֶךְ־ | ve.lekh- | and go | H1980 → |
| לְךָ֔ | le.Kha | for <the> yourself | |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| אֶ֖רֶץ | 'E.retz | [the] land of | H776 → |
| הַמֹּרִיָּ֑ה | ha.mo.ri.Yah | <the> Moriah | H4179 → |
| וְהַעֲלֵ֤הוּ | ve.ha.'a.Le.hu | and offer up him | H5927 → |
| שָׁם֙ | sham | there | H8033 → |
| לְעֹלָ֔ה | le.'o.Lah | to a burnt offering | H5930 → |
| עַ֚ל | 'al | on | H5921 → |
| אַחַ֣ד | 'a.Chad | one of | H259 → |
| הֶֽהָרִ֔ים | he.ha.Rim | the mountains | H2022 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| אֹמַ֥ר | 'o.Mar | I will tell | H559 → |
| אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ | 'e.Lei.kha | to you | H413 → |
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