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Genesis 19:34 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.


Genesis 19:34Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 19:3421 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
מִמָּחֳרָתmimāḥŏrātFrom morrow
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
הַבְּכִירָהhabəḵîrāhThe eldest
אֶלʾelNear
הַצְּעִירָהhaṣəʿîrāhThe little
הֵןhēnLo!
שָׁכַבְתִּיšāḵavətîLie down
אֶמֶשׁʾemešYesterday
אֶתʾetNearness
אָבִיʾāvîFather
נַשְׁקֶנּוּnašəqenûQuaff
יַיִןyayinWine
גַּםgamAssemblage
הַלַּיְלָהhalayəlāhThe twist
וּבֹאִיûvōʾîAnd go
שִׁכְבִיšiḵəvîLie down
עִמּוֹʿimwōWith
וּנְחַיֶּהûnəḥayehAnd live
מֵאָבִינוּmēʾāvînûFrom father
זָרַעzāraʿSeed
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
מִמָּחֳרָתmimāḥŏrātFrom morrow
וַתֹּאמֶרwatōʾmerAnd say
הַבְּכִירָהhabəḵîrāhThe eldest
אֶלʾelNear
הַצְּעִירָהhaṣəʿîrāhThe little
הֵןhēnLo!
שָׁכַבְתִּיšāḵavətîLie down
אֶמֶשׁʾemešYesterday
אֶתʾetNearness
אָבִיʾāvîFather
נַשְׁקֶנּוּnašəqenûQuaff
יַיִןyayinWine
גַּםgamAssemblage
הַלַּיְלָהhalayəlāhThe twist
וּבֹאִיûvōʾîAnd go
שִׁכְבִיšiḵəvîLie down
עִמּוֹʿimwōWith
וּנְחַיֶּהûnəḥayehAnd live
מֵאָבִינוּmēʾāvînûFrom father
זָרַעzāraʿSeed

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