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John 3:16 in Hebrew יוֹחָנָן ג׳:ט״ז — word by word, with transliteration

John 3:16 in Hebrew — the Hebrew New Testament of Franz Delitzsch — the Hebrew with full vowel points, every word broken into syllables with the STRESSED syllable in capitals, the meaning of each word beneath it with any attached prefix spelled out, and the King James line under each verse. Hebrew reads right to left. Tap Listen to hear a verse read slowly by a Hebrew voice.

John 3:16 יוֹחָנָן ג׳:ט״ז ▶ Listen

כִּי כָכָה אָהַב הָאֱלֹהִים אֶת הָעוֹלָם עַד אֲשֶׁר נָתַן אֶת בְּנוֹ אֶת יְחִידוֹ הַנּוֹלָד מִמֶּנוּ לְמַעַן לֹא יֹאבַד כָּל הַמַּאֲמִין בּוֹ כִּי אִם יִחְיֶה חַיֵּי עוֹלָמִים

כִּיKIforכָכָהcha/CHAsoאָהַבa/HAVlovedהָאֱלֹהִיםha/e/lo/HIMGodאֶתET(marks the object)הָעוֹלָםha/o/LAMthe worldעַדADso much thatאֲשֶׁרA/sherthatנָתַןna/TANhe gaveאֶתET(marks the object)בְּנוֹbe/NOhis SonאֶתET(marks the object)יְחִידוֹye/chi/DOhis only oneהַנּוֹלָדha/no/LADthe begottenמִמֶּנוּmi/ME/nufrom himלְמַעַןle/MA/anso thatלֹאLOnotיֹאבַדyo/VADshall perishכָּלKOLeveryהַמַּאֲמִיןha/ma/a/MINone who believesבּוֹBOin himכִּיKIbutאִםIMratherיִחְיֶהyich/YEshall liveחַיֵּיcha/YEIthe life ofעוֹלָמִיםo/la/MIMeternity

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Hebrew text: the Hebrew New Testament of Franz Delitzsch (1877). English: King James Version. Word meanings: the interlinear glosses of Hebrew Explorer, curated for this passage.

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