Genesis 19:33 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.”

Genesis 19:33 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:3315 words

וַתַּשְׁקֶיןָwatašəqeynāAnd quaff

אֶתʾet—

אֲבִיהֶןʾăvîhenFather

יַיִןyayinWine

בַּלַּיְלָהbalayəlāhIn twist

הוּאhûʾHe

וַתָּבֹאwatāvōʾAnd go

הַבְּכִירָהhabəḵîrāhThe eldest

וַתִּשְׁכַּבwatišəkavAnd lie down

אֶתʾetNearness

אָבִיהָʾāvîhāFather

וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not

יָדַעyādaʿKnow

בְּשִׁכְבָהּbəšiḵəvāhIn lie down

וּבְקׄוּמָהּûvəqûmāhAnd in rise

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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