Genesis 24:17 — King James Version← Study notes
“And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.”
Genesis 24:17 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Genesis 24:179 words
וַיָּרָץwayārāṣAnd run
הָעֶבֶדhāʿevedThe servant
לִקְרָאתָהּliqərāʾtāhTo encountering
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
הַגְמִיאִינִיhagəmîʾînîAbsorb
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
מְעַטməʿaṭLittle
מַיִםmayimWaters
מִכַּדֵּךְmikadēḵəFrom pail
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