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Genesis 24:30 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.


Genesis 24:30Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Genesis 24:3028 words
וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כִּרְאֹתkirəʾōtLike see
אֶתʾet
הַנֶּזֶםhanezemThe nose-ring
וְאֶתwəʾet
הַצְּמִדִיםhaṣəmidîmThe bracelet
עַלʿalAbove
יְדֵיyədêHand
אֲחֹתוֹʾăḥōtwōSister
וּכְשָׁמְעוֹûḵəšāməʿwōAnd like hear
אֶתʾet
דִּבְרֵיdivərêWord
רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah
אֲחֹתוֹʾăḥōtwōSister
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
כֹּהkōhLike this
דִבֶּרdiberArrange
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
אֶלʾelNear
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
עֹמֵדʿōmēdStand
עַלʿalAbove
הַגְּמַלִּיםhagəmalîmThe camel
עַלʿalAbove
הָעָיִןhāʿāyinThe eye
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיְהִיwayəhîAnd exist
כִּרְאֹתkirəʾōtLike see
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַנֶּזֶםhanezemThe nose-ring
וְאֶתwəʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַצְּמִדִיםhaṣəmidîmThe bracelet
עַלʿalAbove
יְדֵיyədêHand
אֲחֹתוֹʾăḥōtwōSister
וּכְשָׁמְעוֹûḵəšāməʿwōAnd like hear
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
דִּבְרֵיdivərêWord
רִבְקָהrivəqāhRibkah
אֲחֹתוֹʾăḥōtwōSister
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
כֹּהkōhLike this
דִבֶּרdiberArrange
אֵלַיʾēlayNear
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
וַיָּבֹאwayāvōʾAnd go
אֶלʾelNear
הָאִישׁhāʾîšThe man
וְהִנֵּהwəhinēhAnd lo!
עֹמֵדʿōmēdStand
עַלʿalAbove
הַגְּמַלִּיםhagəmalîmThe camel
עַלʿalAbove
הָעָיִןhāʿāyinThe eye

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