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He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Bringקְחָהmeלִיa three-year-oldמְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁתheifer,עֶגְלָהa three-year-oldמְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁתfemale goat,וְעֵזa three-year-oldמְשֻׁלָּשׁram,וְאַיִלa turtledove,וְתֹרand a young pigeon.”וְגוֹזָל
Genesis 15:9
Study it in the app“He said to him, “Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 15:9, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Bringקְחָkeach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “keach” appears- a three-year-oldמְשֻׁלֶּשֶׁתmeshuleshet
three-year-old
Having reached three years of age.
Where else “meshuleshet” appears- heiferעֶגְלָהegla
heifer
A young cow.
Where else “egla” appears- female goatעֵזez
goat
The female of the goat flock, used for milk and hair.
Where else “ez” appears- ramאַיִלayil
ram
A full-grown male sheep, used as an offering.
Where else “ayil” appears- a turtledoveתֹרtor
turtledove
Turtledove.
Where else “tor” appears- and a young pigeonגוֹזָלgozal
young bird
Young bird, nestling; a young pigeon.
Where else “gozal” appears
The context
8But he said, “Adonai YHWH, how will I know that I will possess it?”
9 · This verse (above)
10He brought him all these and cut them in two down the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but the birds he did not cut in two.
To study Genesis 15 in a group
1. What it says
What did YHWH promise Abram about his descendants, and how did Abram respond (vv. 5-6)?
2. What it means
What relation does the text show between Abram’s faith and its being counted to him as righteousness (v. 6)?
3. How I live it
Which promise of Elohim is hard for you to believe today, and how can you talk with him about it?