Verse 3

{ "verseID": "Genesis.13.3", "source": "וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְמַסָּעָ֔יו מִנֶּ֖גֶב וְעַד־בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל עַד־הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁר־הָ֨יָה שָׁ֤ם *אהלה *אֽ͏ָהֳלוֹ֙ בַּתְּחִלָּ֔ה בֵּ֥ין בֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל וּבֵ֥ין הָעָֽי׃", "text": "And *wayyēlek* on *massāʿāyw* from *negeḇ* and unto *Bêṯ-ʾĒl*, unto *hammāqôm* where *hāyâ* there *ʾohŏlô* in *battĕḥillâ*, between *Bêṯ-ʾĒl* and between *hāʿĀy*.", "grammar": { "*wayyēlek*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went/journeyed", "*massāʿāyw*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his journeys", "*negeḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - south/Negev region", "*Bêṯ-ʾĒl*": "proper noun - Bethel (house of God)", "*hammāqôm*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the place", "*hāyâ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was/had been", "*ʾohŏlô*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his tent", "*battĕḥillâ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the beginning/at first", "*hāʿĀy*": "definite article + proper noun - the Ai" }, "variants": { "*massāʿāyw*": "his journeys/his stages/his stopping places", "*negeḇ*": "south/Negev region/southern desert", "*hammāqôm*": "the place/the site/the location", "*battĕḥillâ*": "at the beginning/at first/previously" } }

Verse 8

{ "verseID": "Genesis.13.8", "source": "וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אַבְרָ֜ם אֶל־ל֗וֹט אַל־נָ֨א תְהִ֤י מְרִיבָה֙ בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֔יךָ וּבֵ֥ין רֹעַ֖י וּבֵ֣ין רֹעֶ֑יךָ כִּֽי־אֲנָשִׁ֥ים אַחִ֖ים אֲנָֽחְנוּ׃", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer* *ʾAḇrām* unto *Lôṭ*, *ʾal-nāʾ* *tĕhî* *mĕrîḇâ* between me and between you, and between *rōʿay* and between *rōʿeḵā*; for *ʾănāšîm* *ʾaḥîm* *ʾănāḥnû*.", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*ʾAḇrām*": "proper noun, masculine singular", "*Lôṭ*": "proper noun, masculine singular", "*ʾal-nāʾ*": "negative particle + particle of entreaty - please do not", "*tĕhî*": "qal jussive, 3rd feminine singular - let there be", "*mĕrîḇâ*": "noun, feminine singular - strife/contention", "*rōʿay*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 1st common singular suffix - my herdsmen", "*rōʿeḵā*": "noun, masculine plural construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your herdsmen", "*ʾănāšîm*": "noun, masculine plural - men", "*ʾaḥîm*": "noun, masculine plural - brothers", "*ʾănāḥnû*": "personal pronoun, 1st common plural - we" }, "variants": { "*ʾal-nāʾ*": "please do not/let there not be, I pray", "*mĕrîḇâ*": "strife/quarrel/contention/dispute", "*ʾănāšîm*": "men/people", "*ʾaḥîm*": "brothers/kinsmen/relatives" } }

Verse 10

{ "verseID": "Genesis.13.10", "source": "וַיִּשָּׂא־ל֣וֹט אֶת־עֵינָ֗יו וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־כָּל־כִּכַּ֣ר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן כִּ֥י כֻלָּ֖הּ מַשְׁקֶ֑ה לִפְנֵ֣י ׀ שַׁחֵ֣ת יְהוָ֗ה אֶת־סְדֹם֙ וְאֶת־עֲמֹרָ֔ה כְּגַן־יְהוָה֙ כְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בֹּאֲכָ֖ה צֹֽעַר׃", "text": "And *wayyiśśāʾ-Lôṭ* *ʿênāyw* and *wayyarĕʾ* all *kikkar* *haYYardēn*, that all of it *mašqê* before *šaḥēṯ* *YHWH* *Sĕḏōm* and *ʿĂmōrâ*, like *gan-YHWH*, like *ʾereṣ* *Miṣrayim*, as you come to *Ṣōʿar*.", "grammar": { "*wayyiśśāʾ-Lôṭ*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + proper noun - and Lot lifted", "*ʿênāyw*": "noun, feminine dual construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his eyes", "*wayyarĕʾ*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he saw", "*kikkar*": "noun, feminine singular construct - plain/circle of", "*haYYardēn*": "definite article + proper noun - the Jordan", "*mašqê*": "hophal participle, masculine singular - was watered/well-watered", "*šaḥēṯ*": "piel infinitive construct - destroying", "*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh", "*Sĕḏōm*": "proper noun - Sodom", "*ʿĂmōrâ*": "proper noun - Gomorrah", "*gan-YHWH*": "noun, masculine singular construct + proper noun - garden of the LORD", "*ʾereṣ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - land of", "*Miṣrayim*": "proper noun - Egypt", "*Ṣōʿar*": "proper noun - Zoar" }, "variants": { "*wayyiśśāʾ*": "lifted up/raised", "*kikkar*": "plain/circle/district/valley", "*mašqê*": "well-watered/irrigated", "*šaḥēṯ*": "destroying/ruining/bringing to ruin", "*gan*": "garden/orchard/plantation" } }

Verse 11

{ "verseID": "Genesis.13.11", "source": "וַיִּבְחַר־ל֣וֹ ל֗וֹט אֵ֚ת כָּל־כִּכַּ֣ר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן וַיִּסַּ֥ע ל֖וֹט מִקֶּ֑דֶם וַיִּפָּ֣רְד֔וּ אִ֖ישׁ מֵעַ֥ל אָחִֽיו׃", "text": "And *wayyiḇḥar-lô* *Lôṭ* all *kikkar* *haYYardēn*, and *wayyissaʿ* *Lôṭ* from *miqqeḏem*, and *wayyipārĕḏû* *ʾîš* from upon his *ʾāḥîw*.", "grammar": { "*wayyiḇḥar-lô*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he chose for himself", "*Lôṭ*": "proper noun, masculine singular", "*kikkar*": "noun, feminine singular construct - plain/circle of", "*haYYardēn*": "definite article + proper noun - the Jordan", "*wayyissaʿ*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he journeyed/traveled", "*Lôṭ*": "proper noun, masculine singular", "*miqqeḏem*": "preposition + noun - from the east/eastward", "*wayyipārĕḏû*": "waw consecutive + niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they separated themselves", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - each man", "*ʾāḥîw*": "noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his brother/kinsman" }, "variants": { "*wayyiḇḥar*": "chose/selected", "*kikkar*": "plain/circle/district/valley", "*wayyissaʿ*": "journeyed/traveled/moved", "*miqqeḏem*": "from the east/eastward/from before", "*wayyipārĕḏû*": "they separated/they parted", "*ʾîš*": "each/each man", "*ʾāḥîw*": "his brother/his kinsman/his relative" } }

Verse 14

{ "verseID": "Genesis.13.14", "source": "וֽ͏ַיהוָ֞ה אָמַ֣ר אֶל־אַבְרָ֗ם אַחֲרֵי֙ הִפָּֽרֶד־ל֣וֹט מֽ͏ֵעִמּ֔וֹ שָׂ֣א נָ֤א עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ וּרְאֵ֔ה מִן־הַמָּק֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֣ה שָׁ֑ם צָפֹ֥נָה וָנֶ֖גְבָּה וָקֵ֥דְמָה וָיָֽמָּה׃", "text": "And *YHWH* *ʾāmar* unto *ʾAḇrām* after *hippāreḏ-Lôṭ* from him, *śāʾ* *nāʾ* your *ʿêneḵā* and *rĕʾēh* from *hammāqôm* where you are there, *ṣāp̄ōnâ* and *wāneḡbâ* and *wāqēḏmâ* and *wāyāmmâ*.", "grammar": { "*YHWH*": "proper noun - the LORD/Yahweh", "*ʾāmar*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - said", "*ʾAḇrām*": "proper noun, masculine singular", "*hippāreḏ-Lôṭ*": "niphal infinitive construct + proper noun - Lot's separating", "*śāʾ*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - lift up", "*nāʾ*": "particle of entreaty - please/now", "*ʿêneḵā*": "noun, feminine dual construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your eyes", "*rĕʾēh*": "qal imperative, masculine singular - see/look", "*hammāqôm*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the place", "*ṣāp̄ōnâ*": "noun + directional he - northward", "*wāneḡbâ*": "waw conjunction + noun + directional he - and southward", "*wāqēḏmâ*": "waw conjunction + noun + directional he - and eastward", "*wāyāmmâ*": "waw conjunction + noun + directional he - and westward" }, "variants": { "*ʾāmar*": "said/spoke/told", "*hippāreḏ*": "being separated/separating himself", "*śāʾ*": "lift up/raise", "*ʿêneḵā*": "your eyes/your sight", "*rĕʾēh*": "see/look/observe", "*hammāqôm*": "the place/the location/the site", "*ṣāp̄ōnâ*": "northward/to the north", "*wāneḡbâ*": "southward/to the south", "*wāqēḏmâ*": "eastward/to the east", "*wāyāmmâ*": "westward/to the west/seaward" } }

Verse 16

{ "verseID": "Genesis.13.16", "source": "וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י אֶֽת־זַרְעֲךָ֖ כַּעֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ אִם־יוּכַ֣ל אִ֗ישׁ לִמְנוֹת֙ אֶת־עֲפַ֣ר הָאָ֔רֶץ גַּֽם־זַרְעֲךָ֖ יִמָּנֶֽה׃", "text": "And *wĕśamtî* your *zarʿăḵā* as *kaʿăp̄ar* *hāʾāreṣ*, that if *yûḵal* *ʾîš* to *limnôṯ* *ʿăp̄ar* *hāʾāreṣ*, also your *zarʿăḵā* *yimmānê*.", "grammar": { "*wĕśamtî*": "waw consecutive + qal perfect, 1st common singular - and I will make", "*zarʿăḵā*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seed/descendants", "*kaʿăp̄ar*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - as the dust of", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth", "*yûḵal*": "qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he is able", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - a man", "*limnôṯ*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to count", "*ʿăp̄ar*": "noun, masculine singular construct - dust of", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the earth", "*zarʿăḵā*": "noun, masculine singular + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seed/descendants", "*yimmānê*": "niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will be counted" }, "variants": { "*wĕśamtî*": "I will make/I will set/I will place", "*zarʿăḵā*": "your seed/your offspring/your descendants", "*kaʿăp̄ar*": "as the dust/like the dust", "*yûḵal*": "he is able/he can/he could", "*limnôṯ*": "to count/to number/to reckon", "*ʿăp̄ar*": "dust/soil/powder", "*yimmānê*": "will be counted/will be numbered" } }