Genesis 15 Vocab -- BIBL 2

Question 1

בַּֽמַּחֲזֶ֖ה

Answer 1

Gen 15:1 (מַחֲזֶה) vision

Question 2

מָגֵ֣ן

Answer 2

Gen 15:1 (מָגֵן) shield (or perhaps, protection)

Question 3

שְׂכָרְךָ֖

Answer 3

Gen 15:1 (שָׂכָר) reward < wage

Question 4

הַרְבֵּ֥ה

Answer 4

Gen 15:1 (ר־ב־י) C/H: (inf.abs. as adj.) much, many; great < to make much, multiply

Question 5

וְאָנֹכִ֖י

Answer 5

Gen 15:2 (אָנֹכִי) I

Question 6

הוֹלֵ֣ךְ

Answer 6

Gen 15:2 (ה־ל־ך) G: to go, walk

Question 7

עֲרִירִ֑י

Answer 7

Gen 15:2 (עֲרִירִי) childless

Question 8

וּבֶן־מֶ֣שֶׁק

Answer 8

Gen 15:2 (מֶ֫שֶׁק) acquisition, possession > ‘the son of the acquisition of my house’ > ‘my heir’

Question 9

דַּמֶּ֥שֶׂק

Answer 9

Gen 15:2 (דַּמֶּ֫שֶׂק) Damascus

Question 10

אֱלִיעֶֽזֶר׃

Answer 10

Gen 15:2 (אֱלִיעֶ֫זֶר) Eliezer

Question 11

הֵ֣ן

Answer 11

Gen 15:3 (הֵן) interjection (‘look’; NOT ‘behold’)

Question 12

יוֹרֵ֥שׁ

Answer 12

Gen 15:3 (י־ר־שׁ) G: to inherit from

Question 13

יִֽירָשְׁךָ֖

Answer 13

Gen 15:4 (י־ר־שׁ) G: to inherit from

Question 14

כִּי־אִם֙

Answer 14

Gen 15:4 (‏אִם‎(‏־‎)‏כִּי) (but) rather

Question 15

מִמֵּעֶ֔יךָ

Answer 15

Gen 15:4 ([מֵעֶה]) oft. A source of procreation in body of a man, perh. genitals; otherwise, innards

Question 16

אִם־תּוּכַ֖ל לִסְפֹּ֣ר אֹתָ֑ם

Answer 16

Gen 15:5 (י־כ־ל) G: to be able; (ס־פ־ר) G: to count, number

Question 17

וְהֶאֱמִ֖ן בַּֽיהוָ֑ה

Answer 17

Gen 15:6 (א־מ־ן) C/H: to believe, trust (with ב of obj.)

Question 18

וַיַּחְשְׁבֶ֥הָ לּ֖וֹ צְדָקָֽה׃

Answer 18

Gen 15:6 (ח־שׁ־ב) G: to reckon, impute to; (צְדָקָה) righteousness > ‘he reckoned it to him as righteousness’ (NRSV)

Question 19

כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים

Answer 19

Gen 15:7 (כַּשְׂדִּים) Chaldaea

Question 20

בַּמָּ֥ה אֵדַ֖ע כִּ֥י אִֽירָשֶֽׁנָּה׃

Answer 20

Gen 15:8 (מָה > בַּמָּה) by what (means)? How?; (י־ד־ע) G: to know, realize (that); (י־ר־שׁ) G: to take possession of, inherit > ‘How shall I know that I will possess it?’

Question 21

קְחָ֥ה לִי֙

Answer 21

Gen 15:9 (ל־ק־ח) G: to bring < to take, receive

Question 22

מְשֻׁלֶּ֔שֶׁת

Answer 22

Gen 15:9 (שׁ־ל־שׁ) Dp: to be three years old < to be divided (in some sense) into three

Question 23

וְעֵ֥ז

Answer 23

Gen 15:9 (עֵז) she-goat

Question 24

וְאַ֣יִל

Answer 24

Gen 15:9 (אַ֫יִל) ram

Question 25

וְתֹ֖ר

Answer 25

Gen 15:9 (תֹּר) turtledove

Question 26

וְגוֹזָֽל׃

Answer 26

Gen 15:9 (גּוֹזָל) young bird, perhaps particularly pigeon

Question 27

וַיְבַתֵּ֤ר

Answer 27

Gen 15:10 (ב־ת־ר) D: to cut into two

Question 28

וַיִּתֵּ֥ן אִישׁ־בִּתְר֖וֹ לִקְרַ֣את רֵעֵ֑הוּ

Answer 28

Gen 15:10 (נ־ת־ן) G: to place, set < to give; (בֶּ֫תֶר) part; (ק־ר־א) G: to face smth, smo < to meet; (רֵעַ) (in idiom אישׁ…רעהו) each…the other < a man…his fellow/neighbor&raquo_space; ‘he set each part facing the other’

Question 29

וַיֵּ֥רֶד הָעַ֖יִט עַל־הַפְּגָרִ֑ים

Answer 29

Gen 15:11 (י־ר־ד) G: to descend, swoop down < to go down; (עַ֫יִט) bird(s) of prey; (פֶּ֫גֶר) corpse, carcass

Question 30

וַיַּשֵּׁ֥ב

Answer 30

Gen 15:11 (נ־שׁ־ב) C/H: to frighten away < to cause to blow

Question 31

וַיְהִ֤י הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ לָב֔וֹא

Answer 31

Gen 15:12 (ב־ו־א) G: (of sun) to set < to go; ‘As the sun was setting,’ (note that the sun has not entirely set; cf. v. 17)

Question 32

וְתַרְדֵּמָ֖ה

Answer 32

Gen 15:12 (תַּרְדֵּמָה) deep sleep

Question 33

אֵימָ֛ה חֲשֵׁכָ֥ה גְדֹלָ֖ה נֹפֶ֥לֶת עָלָֽיו׃

Answer 33

Gen 15:12 (אֵימָה) terror (abs.); (חֲשֵׁכָה) darkness; (חֲשֵׁכָה) great (apparently mod. ‘darkness’); (נ־פ־ל) G: to fall upon, come upon < to fall&raquo_space; ‘a terror, a deep darkness, fell upon him’

Question 34

יָדֹ֨עַ תֵּדַ֜ע כִּי־

Answer 34

Gen 15:13 (י־ד־ע) G: to know, realize (that) (here with cognate inf.abs., perhaps best rendered as impv.)

Question 35

גֵ֣ר

Answer 35

Gen 15:13 (גֵּר) sojourner, alien

Question 36

וְעִנּ֣וּ

Answer 36

Gen 15:13 (ע־נ־י) D: to oppress, afflict

Question 37

יַעֲבֹ֖דוּ

Answer 37

Gen 15:14 (ע־ב־ד) G: to work (as slave)

Question 38

דָּ֣ן

Answer 38

Gen 15:14 (ד־י־ן) G: to judge, execute justice

Question 39

בִּרְכֻ֥שׁ

Answer 39

Gen 15:14 (רְכוּשׁ) possessions, property

Question 40

בְּשֵׂיבָ֥ה

Answer 40

Gen 15:15 (שֵׂיבָה) old age < grey hair

Question 41

וְד֥וֹר רְבִיעִ֖י יָשׁ֣וּבוּ הֵ֑נָּה

Answer 41

Gen 15:16 (דּוֹר) period, age, era (four hundred years is too long to be ‘four generations’); (רְבִיעִי) fourth; (שׁ־ו־ב) G: to return, go/come back < to go back; (הֵ֫נָּה) here, hither&raquo_space; ‘they shall return (in) the fourth age/period/(long) generation’

Question 42

כִּ֧י לֹא־שָׁלֵ֛ם עֲוֹ֥ן הָאֱמֹרִ֖י עַד־הֵֽנָּה׃

Answer 42

Gen 15:16 (כִּ֧י) for; (שָׁלֵם) (adj.) having reached its full measure < whole; (עָוֹן) guilt (arising from iniquity) < iniquity; (עַד־הֵנָּה) up to here, thus far (in place or time)&raquo_space; ‘for, as of yet, the guilt of the Amorites has not yet reached a full measure’

Question 43

הַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ בָּ֔אָה

Answer 43

Gen 15:17 (ב־ו־א) G: (of sun) to set < to go; ‘When the sun had set,’ (note that the sun here has completely set; cf. v. 12)

Question 44

וַעֲלָטָ֖ה

Answer 44

Gen 15:17 (עֲלָטָה) darkness

Question 45

תַנּ֤וּר עָשָׁן֙

Answer 45

Gen 15:17 (תַּנּוּר+עָשָׁן) oven/firepot of smoke > smoking oven

Question 46

וְלַפִּ֣יד אֵ֔שׁ

Answer 46

Gen 15:17 (לַפִּיד+אֵשׁ) torch of fire > flaming torch

Question 47

הַגְּזָרִ֥ים

Answer 47

Gen 15:17 ([גֶּ֫זֶר]) piece

Question 48

אֶת־הַקֵּינִי֙

Answer 48

Gen 15:19 (קֵינִי) Kenite

Question 49

וְאֶת־הַקְּנִזִּ֔י

Answer 49

Gen 15:19 (קְנִזִּי) Kenizzite

Question 50

הַקַּדְמֹנִֽי׃

Answer 50

Gen 15:19 (קַדְמֹנִי) Kadmonite