Genesis 24:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.”

Genesis 24:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 24:1613 words

וְהַנַּעֲרָwəhanaʿărāAnd the girl

טֹבַתṭōvatGood

מַרְאֶהmarəʾehView

מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence

בְּתוּלָהbətûlāhVirgin

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man

לֹאlōʾNot

יְדָעָהּyədāʿāhKnow

וַתֵּרֶדwatēredAnd descend

הָעַיְנָהhāʿayənāhThe eye

וַתְּמַלֵּאwatəmalēʾAnd fill

כַדָּהּḵadāhPail

וַתָּעַלwatāʿalAnd ascend

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

Word-by-word meanings

וְהַנַּעֲרָwəhanaʿărāAnd the girl

טֹבַתṭōvatGood

מַרְאֶהmarəʾehView

מְאֹדməʾōdVehemence

בְּתוּלָהbətûlāhVirgin

וְאִישׁwəʾîšAnd man

לֹאlōʾNot

יְדָעָהּyədāʿāhKnow

וַתֵּרֶדwatēredAnd descend

הָעַיְנָהhāʿayənāhThe eye

וַתְּמַלֵּאwatəmalēʾAnd fill

כַדָּהּḵadāhPail

וַתָּעַלwatāʿalAnd ascend

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