Genesis 15:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֤י הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ בָּ֔אָה וַעֲלָטָ֖ה הָיָ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֨ה תַנּ֤וּר עָשָׁן֙ וְלַפִּ֣יד אֵ֔שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָבַ֔ר בֵּ֖ין הַגְּזָרִ֥ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

Transliteration

And-yəhî the-šemeš bāʾāh and-ʿălāṭāh hāyāh and-hinnēh tannûr ʿāšān and-lappîḏ ʾēš ʾăšer ʿāḇar between the-gəzārîm the-these.

Grammar Details

*yəhî*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular apocopated with waw consecutive - and it happened
*šemeš*: feminine singular noun - sun
*bāʾāh*: Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - had come/gone
*ʿălāṭāh*: feminine singular noun - darkness/thick darkness
*hāyāh*: Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - was/had become
*hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold
*tannûr*: masculine singular noun - oven/furnace
*ʿāšān*: masculine singular noun - smoke
*lappîḏ*: masculine singular noun - torch/flame
*ʾēš*: feminine singular noun - fire
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*ʿāḇar*: Qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - passed
*gəzārîm*: masculine plural noun - pieces/parts

Word Meanings

*yəhî*: happened/came to pass/was
*šemeš*: sun/sunlight
*bāʾāh*: had come/had gone down/had set
*ʿălāṭāh*: darkness/thick darkness/gloom
*tannûr*: oven/furnace/fire pot
*ʿāšān*: smoke/vapor
*lappîḏ*: torch/flame/lightning
*ʿāḇar*: passed/crossed/went through
*gəzārîm*: pieces/parts/segments/divided animals

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Jer 34:18-19 : 18 And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, that have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before me, when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof; 19 the princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, that passed between the parts of the calf;
Judg 6:21 : 21 Then the angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.
1 Chr 21:26 : 26 And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.
Isa 62:1 : 1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.
Jer 11:4 : 4 which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God;
Judg 13:20 : 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
2 Sam 22:9 : 9 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured: Coals were kindled by it.
Exod 3:2-3 : 2 And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, I will turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
Deut 4:20 : 20 But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

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