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that I will not takeאִם אִם אֶקַּחa threadמִחוּטor evenוְעַדa sandal strapשְׂרוֹךְ נַעַלorוְanythingמִכָּלthatאֲשֶׁרis yours,לָךְso that you will notוְלֹאsay,תֹאמַר‘Iאֲנִיmade Abram rich.’הֶעֱשַׁרְתִּי אֶת אַבְרָם
Genesis 14:23
Study it in the app“that I will not take a thread or even a sandal strap or anything that is yours, so that you will not say, ‘I made Abram rich.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 14:23, word by word
- that I will not takeאֶקַּחekach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “ekach” appears- a threadחוּטchut
thread
Thread, cord; a measuring line.
Where else “chut” appears- a sandal strapשְׂרוֹךְseroch
thong
Strap for tying a sandal.
Where else “seroch” appears- a sandal strapנַעַלnaal
sandal
Sandal.
Where else “naal” appears- sayתֹאמַרtomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomar” appears- made Abram rich.’הֶעֱשַׁרְתִּיheesharti
make rich, become rich
Make rich; grow rich.
Where else “heesharti” appears- made Abram rich.’אַבְרָםavram
Abram
Abram, the name of Abraham before God changed it (Genesis 17:5). It means "exalted father".
Where else “avram” appears
The context
22But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to YHWH, El Elyon, owner of the heavens and earth,
23 · This verse (above)
24Nothing for me; only what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre: let them take their share.”
To study Genesis 14 in a group
1. What it says
What did Abram do when he heard that his relative Lot had been taken captive (vv. 14-16)?
2. What it means
What does Melchizedek, king of Salem, do, and what does he say when he blesses Abram (vv. 18-20)?
3. How I live it
How can you help a relative or friend in trouble without expecting anything in return, as Abram did (vv. 22-24)?