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Genesis 24:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:


Genesis 24:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 24:215 words
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶלʾelNear
עַבְדּוֹʿavədwōServant
זְקַןzəqanOld
בֵּיתוֹbêtwōA house
הַמֹּשֵׁלhamōšēlThe rule
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לוֹlwōTo
שִׂיםśîmPut
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
יְרֵכִיyərēḵîThigh
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
אַבְרָהָםʾavərāhāmAbraham
אֶלʾelNear
עַבְדּוֹʿavədwōServant
זְקַןzəqanOld
בֵּיתוֹbêtwōA house
הַמֹּשֵׁלhamōšēlThe rule
בְּכָלbəḵālIn whole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
לוֹlwōTo
שִׂיםśîmPut
נָאnāʾ'I pray'
יָדְךָyādəḵāHand
תַּחַתtaḥatBottom
יְרֵכִיyərēḵîThigh

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