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וַיַּעַל֩ אַבְרָ֨ם מִמִּצְרַ֜יִם ה֠וּא וְאִשְׁתּ֧וֹ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ וְל֥וֹט עִמּ֖וֹ הַנֶּֽגְבָּה׃ 2 וְאַבְרָ֖ם כָּבֵ֣ד מְאֹ֑ד בַּמִּקְנֶ֕ה בַּכֶּ֖סֶף וּבַזָּהָֽב׃ 3 וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְמַסָּעָ֔יו מִנֶּ֖גֶב וְעַד־בֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל עַד־הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁר־הָ֨יָה שָׁ֤ם [אָהֳלֹה] בַּתְּחִלָּ֔ה בֵּ֥ין בֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל וּבֵ֥ין הָעָֽי׃ 4 אֶל־מְקוֹם֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ אֲשֶׁר־עָ֥שָׂה שָׁ֖ם בָּרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה וַיִּקְרָ֥א שָׁ֛ם אַבְרָ֖ם בְּשֵׁ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃ 5 וְגַם־לְל֔וֹט הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ אֶת־אַבְרָ֑ם הָיָ֥ה צֹאן־וּבָקָ֖ר וְאֹהָלִֽים׃

Vocabulary

Verse 1

נגבה  name (of place): “Negev”

Verse 2

כבד  “rich” (BDB, 458)

Syntax & Miscellaneous

   -The phrase, כָל־אֲשֶׁר־לֹ֛ו, contains a relative, verbless clause.  The verb, haya “to be,” combined with the lamed preposition can be translated as “have” or “belong to” or “become.”

   -The final he in the form הַנֶּֽגְבָּה is a directional he (cf. the 1 Samuel 1:19 DH post on directional he)

Verse 3

מסע  “journey” (BDB, 652)

תחלה  “beginning” (BDB, 321)

Syntax & Misc.

Verse 3

• Kethib-Qere (אָֽהֳלֹו֙).  The term kethib, “written,” refers to the received text of the Massoretic Text (MT); whereas, the word used in recitation is called the qere, “to be read.”  In the MT where the Masoretes deemed the consonantal text (kethib) unsatisfactory, they provided alternative spelling (qere) as a marginal note.  The written form was pointed according to the read form; therefore, the form in the text should not be understood with the present vowels.  Many of these emendations are found in the MT.  Daily Hebrew will indicate each with [brackets] and provide the alternative reading, with vocalization, in a note.

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