Genesis 24:22 — King James Version← Study notes

“And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;”

Genesis 24:22 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 24:2218 words

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

כִּלּוּkilûEnd

הַגְּמַלִּיםhagəmalîmThe camel

לִשְׁתּוֹתlišətwōtTo imbibe

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man

נֶזֶםnezemNose-ring

זָהָבzāhāvGold

בֶּקַעbeqaʿSection

מִשְׁקָלוֹmišəqālwōWeight

וּשְׁנֵיûšənêAnd two

צְמִידִיםṣəmîdîmBracelet

עַלʿalAbove

יָדֶיהָyādeyhāHand

עֲשָׂרָהʿăśārāhTen

זָהָבzāhāvGold

מִשְׁקָלָםmišəqālāmWeight

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

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist

כַּאֲשֶׁרkaʾăšerLike who

כִּלּוּkilûEnd

הַגְּמַלִּיםhagəmalîmThe camel

לִשְׁתּוֹתlišətwōtTo imbibe

וַיִּקַּחwayiqaḥAnd take

הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man

נֶזֶםnezemNose-ring

זָהָבzāhāvGold

בֶּקַעbeqaʿSection

מִשְׁקָלוֹmišəqālwōWeight

וּשְׁנֵיûšənêAnd two

צְמִידִיםṣəmîdîmBracelet

עַלʿalAbove

יָדֶיהָyādeyhāHand

עֲשָׂרָהʿăśārāhTen

זָהָבzāhāvGold

מִשְׁקָלָםmišəqālāmWeight

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